Planning application
Birchenholt Dicks Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JT
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective planning permission for a change of use of an agricultural building to storage use (B8 use / agricultural).
As published by the council, reference 2026/0599/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0599/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 14 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Rural South Ward
- Parish
- Lathom South
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- L40 6JT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jul 2026
Received by Sefton
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 September 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
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors Agent, a surveying firm
141 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 90% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- Environmental protection response
- Shell north western ethylene pipeline
- Hse
- Hse
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Site notice
- Application form - without personal data
- Planning statement
- Block plan of the site
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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