Planning application
Sills Farm Lee Lane Bispham Wigan Lancashire L40 3SJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required: Change of use of agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
As published by the council, reference 2023/0208/PNC
Application record
- Reference
- 2023/0208/PNC
- Type
- Prior Notification - Change of Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: PNC Prior Approval NOT required
- Received
- 2 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 2 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 27 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Parbold
- Parish
- Bispham
- Decision by
- Prior Notification 56 days
- Postcode
- L40 3SJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sefton register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/0741/FUL Awaiting decision
Sills Farm Lee Lane Bispham Wigan Lancashire L40 3SJ
Proposed erection of 2 no. detached dwellings following demolition of the existing agricultural building.
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2021/1020/FUL Granted
Sills Farm Lee Lane Bispham Wigan Lancashire L40 3SJ
Erection of an agricultural building
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Mar 2023
Received by Sefton
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27 Apr 2023
Decision issued: PNC Prior Approval NOT required
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7 Sep 2026
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Who's behind it
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Wignalls Chartered Surveyors Agent, a surveying firm
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- Officers recommendation report
- Pnc prior approval not required
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- Proposed
- superseded
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Sefton granted permission on 27 April 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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