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West Lancashire Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Lancashire Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
8,773Searchable applications
401Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 7,796 approved or refused records
1,269Refused applications

6,527 approved · 1,269 refused · 390 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Apply for planning permissionContact planning Contact Building ControlLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-Application AdviceConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decided2014/0433/ARM

    Approval of Reserved Matters - 64 dwellings together with associated driveways, garages, private gardens and enclosure details. 8 No. affordable dwellings (intermediate) are included within the above. Details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale.

    Land On The East Side Of Guinea Hall Lane Banks Lancashire

    Received 28 Apr 2014
  2. Decided2014/0434/FUL

    Demolition of public house and erection of four detached dwellings.

    Sandbrook Arms 78 Sandbrook Road Orrell Wigan Lancashire WN5 8UB

    Received 28 Apr 2014
  3. Decided2014/0435/FUL

    Extension to an existing agricultural building

    Taylors Farm Hall Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5UW

    Received 29 Apr 2014
  4. Decided2014/0439/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No's. 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15,17 and 19 of planning permission 2013/0509/FUL relating to finished levels of all parts of the site, including the floor levels of all buildings. Scheme for car parking and vehicle turning area surfacing and marking out. Protection of trees method statement. Landscaping scheme. Foul and surface water scheme. Site access, off site-works of highway improvement including continuous pedestrian footway to the north of Plox Brow scheme. Travel plan. Garage details. Statement identifying houses specifically designed and built for elderly people. Land contamination reports.

    Tarleton Mill Plox Brow Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6HB

    Received 25 Apr 2014
  5. Decided2014/0441/LBC

    Listed Building Consent :- Internal alterations and amendments to rear fenestration.

    Hatherleigh 1 Flax Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TD

    Received 25 Apr 2014
  6. Decided2014/0443/LBC

    Listed Building Consent - Internal alterations to relocate bar servery including removal of one internal wall.

    Buck I'th Vine 35 Burscough Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EG

    Received 28 Apr 2014
  7. Decided2014/0444/FUL

    Proposed new access.

    15 Tan House Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7HG

    Received 28 Apr 2014
  8. Decided2014/0446/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed conventional construction of masonry extension to rear of property. Conventional construction of single storey porch to front.

    329 Mossy Lea Road Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9SB

    Received 30 Apr 2014
  9. Decided2014/0447/FUL

    Single storey extension to rear.

    3 Greenfield Road Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR8 5LX

    Received 23 Apr 2014
  10. Decided2014/0448/FUL

    Single storey extension to side. Porch to front.

    Flash Cottage Flash Lane Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SW

    Received 30 Apr 2014
  11. Decided2014/0449/FUL

    Single storey extension to side and rear, extension to front porch and replace existing flat roof at front, side and rear with new pitched roofs.

    23 Cherry Tree Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5EH

    Received 1 May 2014
  12. Decided2014/0452/FUL

    Extension to existing building and increase in site limits to allow an area of hardstanding for the manoeuvring of vehicles.

    J Mallinson (Ormskirk) Ltd Former Lathom Vale Nurseries Vale Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JH

    Received 1 May 2014
  13. Decided2014/0442/WL3

    Construction of 2 stop internal lift shaft for disabled access requiring extension to first floor to accommodate diverted internal staircase. Construction of ground floor extension to bin room to rear of new shaft.

    Communal Areas Evenwood Court Tanhouse Skelmersdale Lancashire

    Received 25 Jun 2014
  14. Decided2014/0454/NMA

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 2013/0161/FUL - Increase both the approved width and length of the double garage extension by 45mm.

    1 Pond Close Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6NH

    Received 25 Apr 2014
  15. Decided2014/0455/NMA

    Non-material amendments to planning permission 2013/0332/FUL - Centre chimney removed; Bi-folding doors to rear replaced with window; Velux skylights to front and rear removed; Sandstone window cills removed; Two new skylights to rear. Two new skylights to front. Window added to side of garage. Chimney and windows removed from side elevation.

    15 Granville Park Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DS

    Received 18 Jun 2014
  16. Decided2014/0456/NMA

    Non-material amendments to planning permission 2013/1053/COU - Amendment to front elevation - omission of 1 no. ground floor window and door relocated.

    3 Parrs Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5BP

    Received 28 Apr 2014
  17. Decided2014/0458/FUL

    Loft conversion including rear extension to provide accommodation in the roof space. Canopy over front porch and detached garage/store at rear. Alterations to existing vehicular/pedestrian access.

    9 School Lane Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0LW

    Received 2 May 2014
  18. Decided2014/0459/FUL

    Two storey side extension to existing residential property to provide vehicle garage at ground floor and additional bedroom with en-suite at first floor.

    24 Fermor Road Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6AP

    Received 2 May 2014
  19. Decided2014/0460/FUL

    Erection of a 3 bed detached house and detached garage.

    Nook Farm 177 Chapel Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6SA

    Received 2 May 2014
  20. Decided2014/0461/FUL

    Single storey extension to front and side, two storey extension to rear.

    3 Heskin Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1LR

    Received 6 May 2014
  21. Decided2014/0462/FUL

    Proposed single storey side extension to form a snooker room.

    203 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AE

    Received 6 May 2014
  22. Decided2014/0463/FUL

    Variation of condition no. 2 imposed on planning permission 2013/0994/FUL to allow Plots 1-2 to be moved forward (south) by 1.5m to match the same 1.5m building line offset between semis and Plots 3-8. A minimum 21m interface distance is to be maintained between Plots 1-2 and the side of the neighbouring rear out-building at No. 116. Plots 8 & 9 to have facing brick to the rear elevations, in lieu of render - the street scene will remain unchanged (as per approved Dwg. 555_102).

    Land To Rear Of 114 Summerwood Lane Halsall Lancashire L39 8RH

    Received 6 May 2014
  23. Decided2014/0464/FUL

    Single storey front extension.

    19 Crosshall Brow Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JD

    Received 6 May 2014
  24. Decided2014/0465/FUL

    Conversion of rural building to residential.

    Owens Farm Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HS

    Received 6 May 2014

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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Lancashire Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

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