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Greytrees Wellfield Lane Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6HH

2026/0219/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 July 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)12 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Partial demolition of the existing 1no. 2 storey and 1no. 1 storey extensions and 2 conservatories and construction of 1 no. 2 storey extension and 2no. 1 storey extension with internal alterations to the existing dwelling, alongside the construction of a separate double garage located at the rear of the property.

Received
20 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
Agent
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd.
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 111 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Greytrees Wellfield Lane Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6HH. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks 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 115 applications across Rural South 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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Application details

Postcode
L40 6HH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Consultation start
31 March 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
31 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd.
Architect profile
CASSIDY & ASHTON LIMITED
Agent address
7 East Cliff Preston PR1 3JE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Wayne Daly

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14609471
Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Lancashire

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