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2026/0043/FUL - Full Planning Application Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of first floor side extension Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jan 2026
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Consultation
27 Jan 2026
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Approved
10 Apr 2026

Approved on 10 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officers recommendation report Officer / Committee Report · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision-full planning - approved Decision Notice · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Green belt assessment Surveys / Reports · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Plans-elevations Plans · 7 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF The location plan Site Location Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form - without personal data Application Form · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Environmental protection response Consultation response (WLBC Env.Health) · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation/neighbours notified Consultations & Neighbours notified · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Site notice Site Notice · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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.
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Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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 Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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

Council
West Lancashire
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
L33 4YB
Received
22 Jan 2026
Validated
22 Jan 2026
Ward
Rural South Ward
Parish
Simonswood
Decision
Planning Permission Granted
Decision date
10 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
C C Gladding Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 78 days from validation, 22 days slower than West Lancashire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 84% of extensions here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
272decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14642960
Planning Portal ref
PP-14642960
Neighbours
27 Jan 2026
Consultation
27 Jan 2026
Comments by
19 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

11 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
First floor extension at side and garage conversion.
2025/0768/FUL
2025 Refused
First floor extension at side and garage conversion.
2025/0768/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YB
Siting of 2 caravans for holiday use.
2023/0030/FUL
2023 Approved
Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YB
Siting of 2 caravans for holiday use.
2023/0030/FUL
2021 Approved
1 Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Liverpool Lancashire L33 4YB
Proposed external platform lift and associated building works.
2021/0346/FUL
2020 Approved
Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YB
Use as caravan site comprising up to 12 caravans for full residential occupancy, up to 7…
2020/0679/FUL
2020 Approved
Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YB
Use as caravan site comprising up to 12 caravans for full residential occupancy, up to 7…
2020/0679/FUL
2018 Refused
Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YB
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed use of part of the main developed part of the site (…
2018/1159/LDP
2018 Refused
Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YB
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed use of part of the main developed part of the site (…
2018/1159/LDP
2018 Refused
Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YB
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed use of part of the caravan park adjacent to and incl…
2018/0862/LDP
2018 Refused
Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YB
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings