Planning application
Land To The Rear Of Paloma Forrest Nurseries Ormskirk Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0HD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of Class F2 leisure centre (for padel).
As published by the council, reference 2025/0744/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/0744/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 27 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Rural South Ward
- Parish
- Bickerstaffe
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- L39 0HD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2025
Received by Sefton
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9 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sefton took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Planning by Design Agent, a planning consultancy registered in London
Active · incorporated 2021 · London
331 applications on PlanIndex · across 140 councils · 77% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
107 documents on file for this application
- Strategic planning
- Meas response
- Drainage
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated seq test and appendices
- Updated bng and metric
- Updated bng and metric
- Grey belt assessment
- Meas response
- Construction method statement
- Construction ecological management plan
- Meas
- Amended bng metric
- Detailed cms
- Strategic planning response
- Strategic planning
- Meas response
- Lead local flood authority
- Drainage response
- Highways
- Natural england
- Revised planning statement
- Ms anita lucy -34 towngreen lane aughton ormskirk l396sf-supports(full)
- Mrs sophie granite-10 the rowans aughton, west lancashire l39 6td-supports(full)
- Lead local flood authority
- Llfa response
- Environmental protection response
- Mr andrew duffy-22 de villiers avenue crosby liverpool l23 2tj-supports(full)
- Jay pardoe-23 kings road crosby l237tn-supports(full)
- Mr carl lowe-51a brooke road west liverpool l22 2be-supports(full)
- Mr jordan stafford -1 fernhill close bootle l20 9jr-supports(full)
- Mr paul dutton-33 altway aintree village, sefton l10 3jd-supports(full)
- Caitlin mccartney, mitchells & butlers, henrietta house, henrietta place, london
- Bickerstaffe parish council
- Dr sarah field-the old windmill church road bickerstaffe l39 0eb-objects(full)
- Amendment : application form - without personal data
- Amendment : the location plan
- Amendment : floor plan
- Amendment : block plan of the site
- Amendment : design and access statement
- Amendment : preliminary ecological appraisal
- Amendment : site/block plan - existing
- Amendment : biodiversity statement
- Amendment : landscaping and visual appraisal
- Amendment : transport assessment
- Amendment : lighting assessment
- Amendment : biodiversity metric calculation tool
- Amendment : floor plan
- Amendment : elevation (front) - proposed
- Amendment : elevation (front) - proposed
- Amendment : elevation (front) - proposed
- Amendment : layout plan - proposed
- Amendment : elevation (rear) - proposed
- Amendment : elevation (rear) - proposed
- Amendment : elevation (side) - proposed
- Amendment : elevation (rear) - proposed
- Amendment : elevation (side) - proposed
- Mr jonathan rawlinson-39 church road, bickerstaffe, ormskirk, lancashire l39 0eb
- Natural england response
- Mrs l & mr j rawlinson, 39 church road, bickerstaffe
- Miss patricia heyes -rose farm rainford road bickerstaffe l39 ohf-objects(full)
- Mr stephen heyes-rose farm rainford road ormskirk l39 0hf-objects(full)
- Mrs paula grogan-jones -school cottage 1 hall lane bickerstaffe l39 0eh-objects(
- Strategic planning
- Meas response
- Mr robert abbley -18 ormskirk old road bickerstaffe ormskirk l390hd-objects(full
- Sandpiper
- Mrs anna hale -44 heyescroft bickerstaffe ormskirk l39 0hb-objects(full)
- Call-in request
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Mrs sheila beeby-93 church road bickerstaffe l39 0eb-objects(full)
- Mrs breige tedford -brook farm mercers lane ormskirk l39 0ej-objects(full)
- Meas
- Drainage
- Lcc highways response
- Uu
- Pipelines
- Hse
- Fire service
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Site notice
- Application form - without personal data
- Proposed
- Hub proposed
- Proposed 2/2
- Proposed 1/2
- Hub proposed
- Proposed
- Design and access statement
- Pea
- Existing
- Biodiversity statement
- Landscaping details
- Transport assessment
- Lighting assessment
- Biodiversity metric calculation tool
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