Scarisbrick Park Farm Scarisbrick Park Scarisbrick Lancashire L40 9RZ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0849/PIP - Permission in Principle Registered

Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle - Conversion of an existing farm Building to form up to 9 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
8 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
15 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 3 Dec 2026 and 18 Dec 2026, from West Lancashire's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 7

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Registered park or garden: Scarisbrick Hall
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Heritage at risk: Scarisbrick Hall
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Drummersdale built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1724 m away: East Irish Sea Transmission Project, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
L40 9RZ
Received
8 Oct 2026
Validated
8 Oct 2026
Ward
Rural West Ward
Parish
Scarisbrick
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
PWA Planning

Decision outlook

Day 20 of the 56-day target. West Lancashire usually decides changes of use by day 58.

Day 2038 days to the predicted decision (day 58)
48%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by West Lancashire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Lancashire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15100743
Planning Portal ref
PP-15100743
Consultation
15 Oct 2026
Comments by
5 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Lancashire
Planning Authority Score
1.1/10
Poor
#291 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Lancashire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #265 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. West Lancashire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 85% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 85% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Lancashire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #253 of 296
85%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #252 of 296
41%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #265 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #271 of 296
73%
Minor dwellings approved
62 decided (1-9 homes)
60%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
59%
Change of use approved
34 decided
564
Total decisions
103 refused in the year to March 2026