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Bickerstaffe Service Station (BP) Rainford Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0JG

2026/0429/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 July 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Forecourt canopy raise from 4.6m to 5.3m between ground and underside of canopy

Received
22 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
Agent
Adcock Associates
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bickerstaffe Service Station (BP) Rainford Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0JG. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker 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 115 applications across Rural South Ward. We hold 507 applications in total for the L39 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
L39 0JG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bickerstaffe

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2026
Consultation expiry
18 June 2026
Consultation start
26 May 2026
Consultation end
16 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Adcock Associates
Agent address
Elta House Birmingham Road Stratford upon Avon CV37 0AQ GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Kerry Webster

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14956697
Documents
9

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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