Planning application
Land South Of Dakota Way Burscough Lancashire
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Proposal
Outline application - Outline planning permission for up to 200 dwellings together with associated works including access, roads, parking, open space, landscaping and other infrastructure with all matters reserved.
As published by the council, reference 2025/1014/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1014/OUT
- Type
- Outline Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 28 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 28 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Burscough Town Ward
- Parish
- Burscough Town Council
- Decision by
- Committee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Nov 2025
Received by West Lancashire
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 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
Lichfields Agent, registered in Newbury
Active · incorporated 2006 · Newbury
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
106 documents on file for this application
- Llfa response
- Strategic planning response
- Bng additional information
- Bng additional information
- Leisure services
- Environmental statement: non-technical summary
- Es addendum - appendix 1 & 2
- Environmental statement addendum
- Sport england
- Miss christine abbott-29 the orchard, woodplumpton preston-objects(full)
- Principal ecologist email
- Strategic planning
- Cbo response to highways
- Cbo response to highways
- Cbo response to highways
- Housing strategy response
- Trees
- Habitat regulations assessment
- Ornithological desk study
- School planning team
- Burscough town council
- Strategic planning response
- Growth lancs heritage comments
- Meas
- United utilities response
- Llfa response
- Lcc historic environment response
- Nhs response
- Natural england response
- Active travel england
- Lancashire police response
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Hse response
- Application form - without personal data
- Economic benefits
- Geo-environmental - parcel b
- Noise impact assessment
- Noise impact assessment -technical note
- Tree survey
- Archaeological assessment
- Archaeological assessment - appendix
- Masterplan
- Air quality assessment
- Transport
- Travel plan
- Dakota way - existing
- Dakota way - proposed
- Constraints
- Topographic
- Parameters
- Landscape & via
- Viewpoint
- Transport - figures & appendices
- Transport - data
- Geo-environmental
- Geo-environmental
- Flood risk assessment - dakota way safeguarded
- Sustainability appraisal
- Supply service statement - section 2
- Supply service statement - section 1
- Preliminary
- Mineral resources
- Design & access - section 2
- Design & access - section 3
- Design & access - section 1
- Ecological survey - part 1
- Breeding birds survey - dakota way
- Geophysical
- Bat activity survey - yew tree
- Chapter f - ecology
- Chapter g - soils
- Chapter h - socio-economics
- Chapter i - cumulative & residential effects
- Chapter j - mitigation & monitoring
- Chapter e - foul & surface water
- Chapter a - introduction
- Chapter b - scope & methodology
- Chapter c - site & scheme description
- Chapter d - highways
- Chapter b - appendices
- Chapter f - figures
- Chapter g - appendices
- Chapter h - appendices
- Chapter i - appendices
- Chapter d - figures 1
- Chapter d - figures 2
- Chapter e - appendices
- Flood risk assessment - part 1
- Flood risk assessment - part 2
- Chapter f - appendices
- Ecological survey - part 2
- Bng - part 2
- Bat activity survey - tollgate
- Non-technical summary
- Chapter a - appendices
- Chapter c - appendices
- Chapter d - appendices
- Runway developments
- Transport - appendix c - square lane
- Transport - safeguarded land
- Cil - form 1
- Overall
- Bng - part 1
- Covering letter
- Planning statement
- Bng metric
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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 outline applications in a median of 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
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