Planning application
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Approval of details reserved by condition no 4 and final requirements for condition no 3 of planning permission 2025/0670/FUL relating to bird boxes and BNG.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0686/CON
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0686/CON
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Rural South Ward
- Decision by
- Approval of Details on Condition
- Postcode
- L39 4QP
Comment by 9 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to West Lancashire through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Lancashire register
This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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2024/0838/CON Granted
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Approval of details reserved by condition no. 7 of planning permission 2024/0270/FUL relating to Ground Investigation and Assessment.
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2024/0698/CON Granted
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Approval of details reserved by condition no's 10, 14, 15, 17 & 18 of planning permission 2022/1364/FUL relating to Hard and Soft Landscaping, Surface Water Drainage, Elevations and Materials of Cycle Stores, Lighting Plan and Traffic, Travel and Parking Management Strategy.
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2024/0493/FUL Granted
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Installation of services compound to include Generator, LN2 Gas Tank, Gas Bottle Store, Substation and Switching Room along with a bin and bio-store.
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2022/0878/FUL Granted
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Erection of three-storey life sciences building to provide teaching and research facilities with associated landscaping and external works, and replacement campus car park
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by West Lancashire
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18 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 October 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 80 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 2025/0670/FUL (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a planning consultancy
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
- Application form - without personal data
- Bird box plan
- Covering letter
- Bng receptor & mitigation planting
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's median decision took 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on West Lancashire's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Approval of details reserved by condition no's 10, 14, 15, 17 & 18 of planning permission 2022/1364/FUL relating to Hard and Soft Landscaping, Surface Water Drainage, Elevations and Materials of Cycle Stores, Lighting Plan and Traffic, Travel and Parking Management Strategy.
Granted Conditions 13 docs -
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Approval of details reserved by condition no's 10, 14, 15, 17 & 18 of planning permission 2022/1364/FUL relating to Hard and Soft Landscaping, Surface Water Drainage, Elevations and Materials of Cycle Stores, Lighting Plan and Traffic, Travel and Parking Management Strategy.
Granted Conditions 13 docs -
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Approval of details reserved by condition no. 7 of planning permission 2024/0270/FUL relating to Ground Investigation and Assessment.
Granted Conditions 1 doc -
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Erection of three-storey life sciences building to provide teaching and research facilities with associated landscaping and external works, and replacement campus car park
Granted Full applications 33 docs -
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Installation of services compound to include Generator, LN2 Gas Tank, Gas Bottle Store, Substation and Switching Room along with a bin and bio-store.
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