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Meadow Farm Sandy Way Holmeswood Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1UB

2026/0468/PNARefused
Prior approval

Refused on 21 July 2026

Council decision: PNA Details Refused1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required -enlargement of dwellinghouse by the construction of additional storey. Maximum height of proposed additional storey - 8.2m.

Received
5 June 2026
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Meadow Farm Sandy Way Holmeswood Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1UB. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 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.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposal is not considered to be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as it fails to comply with AA.2 (2)(b) as it includes a window in a wall forming a side elevation of the dwellinghouse. Therefore, planning permission is required.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L40 1UB
Parish
Rufford

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2026
Consultation end
8 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Turner

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: West Lancashire

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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