Halsall St Cuthberts C Of E Primary School New Street Halsall Ormskirk Lancashire L39 8RR Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1082/FUL - Full Planning Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

External air source heat pump and enclosure. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
17 Dec 2025
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Validated
7 Jan 2026
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Committee
23 Apr 2026
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Consultation
18 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Mar 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 9 Jul 2026; it is now day 270. The consultation period closed on 9 Jul 2026.

Planning committee

Deferred by West Lancashire Planning Committee on 23 Apr 2026.

Deferred

  • Three neighbours raised concerns about conservation-area impact, noise affecting nearby homes and flooding in the adjacent car park.
  • The committee deferred the application pending a noise impact assessment and further Environmental Health consultation.
Read how the committee decided The proposed heat pump, site context, officers’ assessment, local concerns and the committee’s decision to defer.

Source: Plota analysis of West Lancashire's committee minutes of 23 Apr 2026.

Documents 28

Consultation & comments 12

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Growth lancashire Consultation response · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 12 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’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 Objector’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 28 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour & Interested Party Representation · 28 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Consultation/neighbours notified Consultations & Neighbours notified · 9 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Priority habitat 49 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
L39 8RR
Received
17 Dec 2025
Validated
7 Jan 2026
Ward
Rural West Ward
Parish
Halsall
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Walker Dickey Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 270, past the statutory target. 82% of full applications in West Lancashire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 1 Oct 2026.

Day 270214 days past the 56-day target
41%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
241decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14513911
Neighbours
9 Jan 2026
Consultation
18 Jun 2026
Comments by
9 Jul 2026
Committee
1 Oct 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