Bankfield House 3 Black Moss Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RN
Refused on 4 August 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSED1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Change of Use from C3 Residential to C2 Children's Home.
- Received
- 19 March 2026
- Ward
- Rural West Ward
- ReceivedReceived19 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Aug
Decided in 126 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Bankfield House 3 Black Moss Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RN. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- The proposed change of use of the existing dwellinghouse from Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Use Class C2 (Residential Institution) to provide a children's home would result in the provision of additional children's residential accommodation in an area where Lancashire County Council Children's Services has identified a significant oversupply of such provision. Lancashire County Council Children's Services has advised that further provision would place additional pressure upon local services and exacerbate existing recruitment and retention challenges within the children's residential care sector. In the absence of sufficient justification demonstrating a need for the development, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that the proposal represents a sustainable form of development. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies SP1 (A Sustainable Development Framework for West Lancashire) and GN3 (Criteria for Sustainable Development) of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 DPD.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- L40 9RN
- Parish
- Scarisbrick
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Eoin Burns
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: West Lancashire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: West Lancashire
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