Planning application
Land Off Spark Lane Rufford Lancashire
Works: New dwelling Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed new dwelling in place of 3no storage buildings
As published by the council, reference 2026/0495/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0495/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 12 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
- Parish
- Rufford
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jun 2026
Received by Sefton
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 August 2026, 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 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Peter Dickinson Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Wigan
Active · incorporated 2022 · Wigan
129 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 89% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
- Environment agency response
- Highways
- United utilities
- Environmental protection response
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Application form - without personal data
- Biodiversity statement
- Biodiversity statement
- Bespoke flood evacuation plan
- Flood risk assessment
- Historic flood report
- Proposed development drawings
- Existing & proposed volumes
- Existing elevation & floor plan
- Existing site plan
- Construction details
- Proposed site plan
- Proposed site sections
- Design and access statement
- Floor & elevation plans
- The location plan
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Sefton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sefton decided full applications in a median of 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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