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Rowan Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1TX

2026/0500/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 11 August 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Replacement dwelling house

Received
15 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Rowan Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1TX. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development conflicts with the NPPF and Policy GN1 in the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 DPD in that the proposal constitutes inappropriate development resulting in harm to the openness of the Green Belt. Insufficient special circumstances have been demonstrated to outweigh this harm.
  2. The proposed development would conflict with Policy GN3 in the adopted West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 Development Plan Document. By reason of its siting, scale and design the proposed dwelling would form a dominant and incongruous dwelling that fails to relate to the modest scale and design of the adjoining neighbour. In particular, the proposed side extension and proposed materials are out of keeping and would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the locality.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L40 1TX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rufford

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2026
Consultation expiry
11 July 2026
Consultation start
18 June 2026
Consultation end
9 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
Agent address
311 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston Preston PR4 6RJ GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Liam Murray

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15002357
Documents
12

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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