Planning application
Burscough Methodist Church Orrell Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0SG
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed single storey link block and installation of solar panels.
As published by the council, reference 2025/0548/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/0548/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 19 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 23 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
- Parish
- Burscough Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- L40 0SG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Jun 2025
Received by West Lancashire
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23 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Lancashire took a median of 71 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
BHL Technical Design consultant Agent, a design practice
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
79 documents on file for this application
- Lancashire fire & rescue
- Proposed
- Existing & proposed
- Proposed elevations & floor
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school governors-orrall lane burscough-object
- Mr kenneth robinson-woodlands carr lane lathom, ormskirk-objects(full)
- Governing body - burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Governing body - burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Police
- Site visits
- Patricia robinson - burscough bridge methodist school governor
- Drainage
- Applicant statement - response to concerns
- Canal & river trust
- Highways
- Flood risk assessment
- Drainage strategy
- Drainage response
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school
- Report - meeting building control & fire officer
- Proposed fire escape routes
- Existing fire escape routes
- Mr thomas carver-48 ellerbrook drive burscough
- Objection - s forshaw, burscough bridge methodist school
- Highways response
- Mr tom carver-48 ellerbrook drive burscough ormskirk l405sz-objects(full)
- Mr thomas carver-48 ellerbrook drive burscough ormskirk l405sz-objects(full)
- Response to lcc highways
- Highways
- Burscough bridge methodist primary school
- burscough bridge methodist schoo
- Response to lcc highways
- Highways
- Councillor pope - call in request
- Mr dave craven-4 parbold close, burscough burscough ormskirk burscough l407ts-su
- Mrs lorraine williams-9 alexander close burscough ormskirk l40 5sr-supports(full
- Mr david porter-2 flour mill close burscough ormskirk l40 5tl-supports(full)
- Mrs sue murray-171 liverpool road south burscough l40 7re-supports(full)
- Mrs christine leivers-18 mill dam lane burscough burscough, ormskirk l40 7tq-sup
- Mr ivan leivers-18 mill dam lane burscough ormskirk l40 7tq-supports(full)
- Lesley wilde-112 manor avenue burscough ormskirk l40 7tu-supports(full)
- Mrs brenda guy-lordsgate house lordsgate drive burscough l40 7rs-supports(full)
- Mrs nicola steging-lordsgate house lordsgate drive burscough l40 7rs-supports(fu
- Mrs kath armitage-20 new road rufford l40 1sr-neutral(full)
- Mrs louise tyrer-burscough bridge methodist primary school burscough l40 0sg-obj
- Mrs michelle murphy-burscough bridge methodist school orrell lane burscough l40
- Mrs sarah forshaw-9 warpers moss close burscough
- Miss abbie lunt-orrell lane burscough l40 0sg-objects(full)
- Miss louise forshaw-96 manor avenue burscough l40 7tu-objects(full)
- Mrs pat robinson-woodlands carr lane, lathom ormskirk l40 4bt-objects(full)
- Miss amanda mcdonald-21 alexandra road burscough l40 7rt-objects(full)
- Mr brian guy-lordsgate house lordsgate drive bursc
- Canal and river trust
- Miss joanne rawsthorne-30 victoria street burscough
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Environmental protection response
- Mrs jo bradbury brian-16 newlands avenue ormskirk
- Stacey dolan, 4 parbold close, burscough
- Liverpool john lennon airport
- Solar details
- Application form - without personal data
- Planning and design statement
- Travel statement
- Existing
- Existing and proposed
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Lancashire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Lancashire decided full applications in a median of 82 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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