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Boundary House Farm Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1UA

2026/0303/PNPApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 1 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Notif Agriculture-Details Approved3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for Determination as to Whether Prior Approval is Required for Details - creation of access track to facilitate access to planting beds.

Received
12 April 2026
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jul

About this application

This is a planning application at Boundary House Farm Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1UA. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
L40 1UA
Parish
Rufford

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2026
Decision issued
30 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Turner

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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