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Goose Meadow Farming Ltd Courtyard Gore House Farm Carr Lane Great Altcar Liverpool Lancashire L31 4EU

2026/0646/PNCPrior Notification - Change of UseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 14 October 2026

Council decision: PNC Details RefusedPrior Notification 56 days1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Class Q - Agricultural building to dwelling house with associated work.

Received
30 July 2026
Decision level
Prior Notification 56 days
Ward
Rural West Ward
Agent
Studio 256 Design
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Goose Meadow Farming Ltd Courtyard Gore House Farm Carr Lane Great Altcar Liverpool Lancashire L31 4EU. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer 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 364 applications in total for the L31 postcode area.

69% of amendment 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. Prior approval details under Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) are refused. The submission fails to demonstrate adequate private outdoor amenity space which therefore results in detrimental impacts on the residential amenities of any future occupants. The submission fails to demonstrate that there would be no detrimental impact on the future residents of the dwelling as a result of the existing and ongoing agricultural use within the immediate vicinity. The submission fails to demonstrate that, in terms of flood risk from surface water, the site can be made safe for its lifetime.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L31 4EU
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Altcar

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2026
Consultation end
27 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Studio 256 Design
Architect profile
STUDIO 256 DESIGN LTD
Agent address
Studio 256 Design Unit 256 Slater Studios 5-9 Slater Street Liverpool L1 4BW

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Turner

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15109735
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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