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8 Tanpit Fold Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7AF

2026/0635/FULRefused

Refused on 24 September 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSED1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of adjoining land to residential garden ancillary to 8 Tanpit Fold. (Retrospective)

Received
27 July 2026
Ward
Rural West Ward
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 8 Tanpit Fold Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7AF. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 507 applications in total for the L39 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed change of use of land conflicts with the NPPF, Policy GN1 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012 - 2027 and supplementary planning document 'Development in the Green Belt' (October 2015) in that it is not considered to fall under any of the exemptions listed under policy GB7 of the NPPF and is therefore inappropriate development in the Green Belt. No very special circumstances have been submitted to outweigh the identified harm.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L39 7AF
Parish
Downholland

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kieran Payne

Additional information

Documents
10

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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