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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Lancashire Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,690 approved · 1,307 refused · 401 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
32 Snape Green Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR8 5LN
Received 17 Sept 2014Land Adjacent To 119 Southport Road Ormskirk Lancashire
Received 18 Sept 20143 The Rowans Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6TD
Received 26 Aug 2014Our Lady Queen Of Peace Catholic Engineering College Glenburn Road Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6JW
Received 19 Sept 2014Building Adjacent To Rose Croft Broad Lane Downholland Lancashire
Received 17 Sept 2014Bird I'Th Hand Farm Hoscar Moss Road Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BG
Received 18 Sept 2014117 Briars Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TH
Received 18 Sept 2014Greenacre 174 Pippin Street Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7SP
Received 19 Sept 20148 Mill Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7NW
Received 19 Sept 2014Throstles Nest Farm Pippin Street Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7SP
Received 19 Sept 2014Carmelite Convent Stoney Brow Roby Mill Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0QE
Received 19 Sept 20141 Inchfield Birch Green Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LP
Received 22 Sept 20148 Mill Dam Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7TQ
Received 22 Sept 2014Land Adjacent Four Paddocks Flax Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TD
Received 22 Sept 2014Plot 4 Failte On Land Rear Of Sallymount Wellfield Lane Westhead Lancashire
Received 22 Sept 2014Woodside Cobbs Clough Road Skelmersdale Lancashire L40 6JH
Received 23 Sept 2014The Rookery 6 Church Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6SB
Received 3 Sept 201436 Noel Gate Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5EG
Received 23 Sept 2014Greystones Lancaster Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AA
Received 22 Sept 201427A Church Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3AG
Received 22 Sept 201432B College Road Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0PY
Received 22 Sept 201410 Newton Drive Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6PX
Received 22 Sept 201414 Coach Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0EU
Received 23 Sept 2014Barn To The Rear Of Carr Farm Carr Lane Lathom Lancashire
Received 22 Sept 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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