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Rossindale Warpers Moss Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4AQ

2026/0269/PNAPrior Notification - Additional StoreysApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 8 June 2026

Council decision: PNA Details ApprovedPrior Notification 56 days3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Proposed additional Storey on the existing dwelling footprint.

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Prior Notification 56 days
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
Agent
RAL Architects Limited
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Rossindale Warpers Moss Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4AQ. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

76% of outline 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 4AQ
Application type
Prior Notification - Additional Storeys
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2026
Consultation expiry
8 May 2026
Consultation start
17 April 2026
Consultation end
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
RAL Architects Limited
Architect profile
RAL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
STUDIO 23 Princes Street SOUTHPORT PR8 1EG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Liam Murray

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14798126
Documents
15

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Mar

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    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/0269/PNA
  2. 2026
    30 Mar

    Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - extension of…

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2026/0271/PNH

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