Planning application
Bankfield House 3 Black Moss Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RN
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of Use from C3 Residential to C2 Children's Home.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0216/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0216/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Planning Permission REFUSED
- Received
- 19 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 31 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Rural West Ward
- Parish
- Scarisbrick
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- L40 9RN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2026
Received by Sefton
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31 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Planning Permission REFUSED
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Cockwill & Co Ltd Agent, registered in Maghull
Active · incorporated 2008 · Maghull
13 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 70% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- Decision-full planning refused
- Planning committee/officer report
- Letter of support
- J houghton -ashleigh dalton-supports(full)
- Highways response
- J houghton - ashleigh, dalton, wn8 7rs
- Mrs k rhys - bankfield house
- June backhouse - 2 black moss lane, scarisbrick (redacted email address)
- Lcc childrens services reponse
- Lcc childrens home market position statement
- Call in request.
- Environmental protection response
- Application form - without personal data
- Existing
- Proposed
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Sefton refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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