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Whitehouse Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1TX

2026/0704/FULPending Decision

Proposal

Proposed single storey detached garage to side of existing house, with new entrance canopy to front door/front elevation, and associated stone cills and new gates to driveway, with associated lands...

Received
15 September 2026
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided

This is a planning application for a garage at Whitehouse Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1TX. West Lancashire has handled 2,884 applications of this type and approves 85% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. It was submitted on 15 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 126 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward. We hold 1,180 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2026/0704/FUL
Address
Whitehouse Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1TX
Postcode
L40 1TX
Local Authority
West Lancashire
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
Parish
Rufford

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
21 August 2026
Date Validated
15 September 2026
Date Submitted
15 September 2026
Consultation End
14 October 2026

Planning Decision

Case Officer
Eoin Burns

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
16
Coordinates
53.641052, -2.847188
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Lancashire

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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