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The Old Vicarage 121 Church Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0EB

2026/0629/FULAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from single family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a school (Use Class F1).

Received
24 July 2026
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Old Vicarage 121 Church Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0EB. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

Application details

Postcode
L39 0EB
Parish
Bickerstaffe

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kerry Webster

Additional information

Documents
8

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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