Planning application
178 Southport Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1LZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed change of use from C3 to C2 childrens home for the care of 1 child aged between 7-17 years.
As published by the council, reference 2024/0782/LDP
Application record
- Reference
- 2024/0782/LDP
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) Permitted
- Received
- 16 Sep 2024
- Validated
- 16 Sep 2024
- Decided
- 27 Sep 2024
- Ward
- Ormskirk West Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- L39 1LZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Sep 2024
Received by West Lancashire
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27 Sep 2024
Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) Permitted
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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