Land South Of The Gravel Mere Brow Tarleton Lancashire Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0034/PIP - Permission in Principle Allowed on appeal

Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle - a minimum of 4no. and maximum of 7no. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
16 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
22 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
20 Feb 2026
✓
Appeal allowed
10 Jul 2026

Refused on 20 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Jul 2026

Documents 17

Consultation & comments 10

PDF United utilities response Consultation response · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Strategic planning Consultation response (WLBC) · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 12 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Environmental protection response Consultation response (WLBC Env.Health) · 7 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 31 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Consultation/neighbours notified Consultations & Neighbours notified · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Public footpath about 6 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project: East Irish Sea Transmission Project, at pre-application; Inside the Mere Brow built-up area; Green belt about 73 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 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 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
PR4 6JX
Received
16 Jan 2026
Validated
16 Jan 2026
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
Parish
Tarleton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Permission in Principle Refused
Decision date
20 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Allowed · 10 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6009373 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
JWPC Chartered Town Planners

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 20 days faster than West Lancashire's median of 55 for new homes. Approved, as 57% of new homes here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
57%approved
37decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
22 Jan 2026
Consultation
22 Jan 2026
Comments by
14 Feb 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