Planning application
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of three-storey life sciences building to provide teaching and research facilities with associated landscaping and external works, and replacement campus car park
As published by the council, reference 2022/0878/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2022/0878/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Planning Permission Granted
- Received
- 5 Aug 2022
- Validated
- 29 Sep 2022
- Decided
- 27 Jan 2023
- Ward
- Derby
- Parish
- Unparished - Ormskirk
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- L39 4QP
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Lancashire register
This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 5 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/0686/CON Granted
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Approval of details reserved by condition no 4 and final requirements for condition no 3 of planning permission 2025/0670/FUL relating to bird boxes and BNG.
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2024/0838/CON Granted
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Approval of details reserved by condition no. 7 of planning permission 2024/0270/FUL relating to Ground Investigation and Assessment.
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2024/0698/CON Granted
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Approval of details reserved by condition no's 10, 14, 15, 17 & 18 of planning permission 2022/1364/FUL relating to Hard and Soft Landscaping, Surface Water Drainage, Elevations and Materials of Cycle Stores, Lighting Plan and Traffic, Travel and Parking Management Strategy.
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2024/0493/FUL Granted
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Installation of services compound to include Generator, LN2 Gas Tank, Gas Bottle Store, Substation and Switching Room along with a bin and bio-store.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2022
Received by West Lancashire
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29 Sep 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jan 2023
Decision issued: Planning Permission Granted
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Smith and Love Planning Consultants Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Preston
Active · incorporated 2013 · Preston
105 applications on PlanIndex · across 25 councils · 89% granted
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2 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- Officers recommendation report
- Decision-full planning - approved
- orchid relocation
- Flood risk assessment
- Flood risk assessment
- Tree survey
- Tree survey
- Tree survey
- Tree survey
- Biodiversity survey and report
- Proposed
- Existing
- Centralised campus
- Future phasing
- Phase 1 and 2
- Car parking phase 1 and 2
- Elevation (front) - proposed
- Elevation (rear) - proposed
- Proposed
- Proposed
- Boundary treatment
- Boundary distances
- Proposed phase 1 car parking
- Existing and proposed catchment plans
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Lancashire granted permission on 27 January 2023, 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.
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