Planning application
7 Hornby Close Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7AW
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness - relating to a single-storey rear extension constructed at the property.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0436/LDC
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0436/LDC
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert. (existing)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) Granted
- Received
- 28 May 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 24 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Burscough Town Ward
- Parish
- Burscough Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- L40 7AW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 May 2026
Received by Sefton
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9 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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24 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) Granted
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24 Jul 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- Officers recommendation report
- Decis law dev cert (existing) approved
- Proposed floor & elevations
- Existing
- Proposed
- Application form - without personal data
- 3d render
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Sefton granted permission on 24 July 2026, 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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