Planning application
Ramages 43 Liverpool Road North Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0SA
Works: New dwelling Extension Loft or dormer Domestic
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Proposal
Change of use of part of ground floor from 2x residential flats (Use Class C3) to create 1x additional retail unit (Use Clase E(a)) fronting onto Mart Lane, involving external alterations to facade; change of use at 1st floor from ancillary commercial space (Class E(g)iii) and 1x residential flat (Use Class C3) to create 4x residential flats (Use Class C3) and conversion of roofspace to create 2x residential flats (Use Class C3), involving first floor rear extension alongside Mart Lane and 3 storey rear extension and rear dormer and 6x new rooflights; erection of 1x new dwelling (Use Class C3) to the rear, attached to No. 6 Mart Lane
As published by the council, reference 2025/0726/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/0726/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 20 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 20 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
- Parish
- Burscough Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- L40 0SA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Aug 2025
Received by West Lancashire
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20 Nov 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 15 January 2026, 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
emc architects limited Agent, an architecture practice registered in Wirral
Active · incorporated 2020 · Wirral
10 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
35 documents on file for this application
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Meas
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Dusk emergence survey report
- Merseyside environmental advisory service consultation response
- Councillor call in request
- Environmental protection response
- Miss olivia dixon-6 mart lane burscough l40 0sd-objects(full)
- Parish council laura pilkington-station approach, burscough, ormskirk, uk ormski
- Drainage consultation response
- Mr kenneth owens-45/47 liverpool road north burscough l40 0sa-objects(full)
- Lcc highways response
- Highways consultation
- United utilities response
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Suds management and maintenance plan
- Suds drainage strategy.
- Proposed gable 1 and 2
- Proposed front and rear
- Proposed house floor plans
- Proposed 2nd floor
- Proposed ground and first floor
- Proposed
- Planning statement
- Bng
- Existing gable 01 and 02
- Existing front and rear
- Existing
- Existing ground and first floor
- Design document
- Redacted
- Parking
- Ecology
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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