Planning application
Land Adjacent Gore House Farm Acres Lane Great Altcar Lancashire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion and change of use of an existing agricultural barn to a three-bedroom dwelling (Use Class C3).
As published by the council, reference 2025/0802/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/0802/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 17 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 24 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Rural West Ward
- Parish
- Great Altcar
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Sep 2025
Received by West Lancashire
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24 Sep 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 19 November 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
Studio 256 Design Agent, a design practice registered in Liverpool
Active · incorporated 2023 · Liverpool
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
- Indicative landscaping plan
- Proposed
- Drainage strategy drawing
- Meas response
- Gore house farm bo mitigation plan
- Meas response
- Meas
- Bat activity report
- Drainage
- Lcc historic environment team
- Merseyside and west lancs bat group comments
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Application form - without personal data
- The location plan
- Existing
- Design and access statement
- Proposed first floor plan
- Front and rear elevations existing
- Side elevations existing
- Front and rear elevations proposed
- Side elevations - proposed
- Front and rear elevations openings
- Side elevations - openings
- Ground floor existing
- First floor existing
- Ground floor plan proposed
- Heritage statement
- Drainage statement
- Preliminary roost assessment
- Structural survey
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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.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Goose Meadow Farming Ltd Courtyard Gore House Farm Carr Lane Great Altcar Liverpool Lancashire L31 4EU
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Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Class Q - Agricultural building to dwelling house with associated work.
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