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Molyneux Kale Company Middle Place Asmall Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 8JL

2026/0557/PNPPrior Notification - AgricultureApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Notif Agric and Demolition PDPrior Notification 28 days

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

Proposal

Application for Determination as to Whether Prior Approval is Required for Details - An extension of an existing agricultural building, for the storage of agricultural machinery.

Received
1 July 2026
Decision level
Prior Notification 28 days
Ward
Rural West Ward
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Molyneux Kale Company Middle Place Asmall Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 8JL. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Rural West 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 8JL
Application type
Prior Notification - Agriculture
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
P Wilson & Company
Agent address
Burlington House 10-11 Ribblesdale Place Preston PR1 3NA

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Fitzpatrick

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15001631
Documents
5

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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