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Highfield House Coal Pit Lane Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0HH

Awaiting decision West Lancashire 2026/0335/CON Discharge of Condition(s)

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Proposal

Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 & 5 of planning permission 2025/0261/FUL relating to Ecological Management and Coal Mining.

As published by the council, reference 2026/0335/CON

Application record

Reference
2026/0335/CON
Type
Discharge of Condition(s)
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
23 Apr 2026
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Ward
Rural South Ward
Parish
Bickerstaffe
Decision by
Approval of Details on Condition
Postcode
L39 0HH

Comment by 30 September 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to West Lancashire through their own planning portal.

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Apr 2026

    Received by West Lancashire

  2. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 June 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: 2025/0261/FUL (Decided)

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Wignalls Chartered Surveyors Agent, a surveying firm

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

10 documents on file for this application

  • Void span info Miscellaneous · 08 Sep 2026
  • The coal authority Consultation response · 23 Jun 2026
  • Updated coal information Miscellaneous · 16 Jun 2026
  • Coal authority response Consultation response · 26 May 2026
  • Geological & mining risk assessment Surveys / Reports · 23 Apr 2026
  • The location plan Site Location Plan · 23 Apr 2026
  • Construction environmental management plan Surveys / Reports · 23 Apr 2026
  • Geophysical survey Surveys / Reports · 23 Apr 2026
  • Covering letter Miscellaneous · 23 Apr 2026

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What 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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 84 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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