Planning application
Merridale Farm High Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7SN
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Full Planning application for the relocation of a track and access from High Lane.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0645/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0645/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 29 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Ormskirk West Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- L40 7SN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jul 2026
Received by West Lancashire
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 September 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 70 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
162 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
12 documents on file for this application
- Highways
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Bng metric
- Amended
- Planning statement
- Biodiversity impact assessment
- Tracking plan
- Passing place plan
- Biodiversity metric calculation tool
- The location plan
- Existing and proposed
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list 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 80 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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