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3 Clarkes Cottages Hall Lane Bispham Ormskirk Lancashire L40 3SB

2026/0195/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Application for a single storey rear extension and modifications to existing side entrance/porch area.

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural North East Ward
Agent
A1 Plans2Build Ltd
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 3 Clarkes Cottages Hall Lane Bispham Ormskirk Lancashire L40 3SB. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

87% of full applications at West Lancashire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development conflicts with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy GN1 in the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 DPD in that the proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt as it is considered to be disproportionate addition to the original building due to its excessive scale, bulk and rearward projection. Furthermore, the proposal results in harm to the openness of the Green Belt and conflicts with one of the purposes of including land within it, that being to safeguard the land from encroachment. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated which would outweigh the identified harm.
  2. The proposed development would conflict with Policy GN3 in the adopted West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 Development Plan Document. By reason of its siting, scale and design the proposed extension would form a dominant and incongruous addition that fails to relate to the modest scale of the existing dwelling and would result in an altered appearance of the original dwelling that is detrimental to the character and appearance of the property.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L40 3SB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bispham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
12 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
A1 Plans2Build Ltd
Architect profile
A1 PLANS2BUILD LTD
Agent address
21 Bescar lane Scarisbrick Nr Ormskirk L409QN

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14777704
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: West Lancashire

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: West Lancashire

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