Planning application
Moss End Farm Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1TX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for full planning permission for an agricultural storage building.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0231/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0231/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
- Parish
- Rufford
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- L40 1TX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Mar 2026
Received by West Lancashire
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27 Mar 2026
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 22 May 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
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors Agent, a surveying firm
145 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 90% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- Preliminary ecological appraisal
- Bng assessment
- Highways response
- Mr kevin newsham-holmeswood rd 7 rufford-supports(full)
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Amended application form
- Existing site plan
- Land ownership plan
- The location plan
- Storage building
- Biodiversity statement
- Biodiversity net gain assessment
- Preliminary ecological appraisal
- Planning statement
- Elevation & floor plan
- Proposed site plan
- Biodiversity metric calculation tool
- Biodiversity metric calculation tool 2
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.
About full applications
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