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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
9,022Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 8,023 approved or refused records
1,311Refused applications

6,712 approved · 1,311 refused · 404 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2011 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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. Decided2014/1110/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved By Condition No's. 3, 4, 7, 9 & 11 of planning permission 2012/1089/FUL relating to external stonework, brickwork and roofing materials, finished levels, bird nesting, trees & hedges, external lighting scheme.

    Tunley Lane Farm Tunley Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9RG

    Received 10 Oct 2014
  2. Decided2014/1111/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No's. 6, 7 & 10 of planning permission 2012/0763/FUL relating to protection of trees method statement, foul & surface water drainage scheme, contaminated land investigation.

    Dunolly Cottage 74 Red Cat Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RE

    Received 10 Oct 2014
  3. Decided2014/1112/FUL

    Erection of ballustrade and privacy screens to flat roof.

    75 Marians Drive Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1LG

    Received 10 Oct 2014
  4. Decided2014/1113/FUL

    Retrospective application for the installation of a biomass boiler and steel flue ancillary to the glass housing.

    Arden Lea Nurseries Site 2 119 Moss Lane Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6AD

    Received 2 Oct 2014
  5. Decided2014/1115/CON

    Approval of details reserved by condition no. 3 on planning permission 2014/0270/FUL relating to materials details.

    Workshop Adjacent 1 Meolsgate Avenue Tarleton Lancashire PR4 6BL

    Received 8 Oct 2014
  6. Decided2014/1116/FUL

    Single storey extension to side/rear.

    80 Mickering Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6SR

    Received 13 Oct 2014
  7. Decided2014/1117/NMA

    Non-material amendments to planning permission 2013/0019/FUL - Upper lounge rear facing (North elevation) window - reduced width/change in style; Master bedroom en-suite window shown on approved plan floor layout but inadvertently missed off East elevation approved plan; Doors/windows to have brick soldiers or stone headers to suit; Utility door/window as shown (no brickwork in between); Upper bathroom window moved to East elevation.

    Land Adjoining 10A Hillside Avenue Hilldale Lancashire

    Received 8 Oct 2014
  8. Decided2014/1118/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed single storey orangery extension to rear of property to measure 3.3m from existing rear elevation and 4.67m in length.

    41 Sandbrook Road Orrell Wigan Lancashire WN5 8UD

    Received 8 Oct 2014
  9. Decided2014/1119/FUL

    Two storey side/front extension with new canopy/porch to front. Replacement detached garage at side.

    54 New Acres Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7TU

    Received 8 Oct 2014
  10. Decided2014/1120/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No's. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14 of planning permission 2011/0565/COU relating to details of external stonework/cladding and roofing materials, details of rooflights, window and door frames and rainwater goods, details of the colour of the stain/paint to treat the external timber, evidence to confirm that no barn owls are nesting at the site, details of a permanent accessible nesting space for barn owls, landscaping scheme, detailed record of the building, foul and surface water drainage scheme.

    West Barn Chorley Road Parbold Lancashire WN8 7AN

    Received 8 Oct 2014
  11. Decided2014/1121/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No's. 3, 4, 5 and 6 of planning permission 2011/0566/LBC relating to details of external stonework/cladding and roofing materials, details of rooflights, window and door frames and rainwater goods, details of the colour of the stain/paint to treat the external timber and detailed record of the building.

    West Barn Chorley Road Parbold Lancashire WN8 7AN

    Received 8 Oct 2014
  12. Decided2014/1122/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed replacement chimney.

    Wrightington Hospital Hall Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9EP

    Received 13 Oct 2014
  13. Decided2014/1123/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No's. 3, 6, 7 & 9 of planning permission 2011/0867/WL3 relating to external brickwork and roofing materials, foul and surface water drainage scheme, landscaping scheme, finished site and floor levels.

    115 Trevor Road Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7RX

    Received 14 Oct 2014
  14. Decided2014/1124/NMA

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 2011/0394/FUL - Re-alignment of boundary wall.

    15 Tan House Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7HG

    Received 10 Oct 2014
  15. DecidedT/2014/0082/TCA

    T1 + T2 - Cherry - Fell

    4 Ruff Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QZ

    Received 3 Oct 2014
  16. Decided2014/1125/COU

    Change of use from C3 (Residential) to mixed use of C3 (Residential) and D1 (Day Care Centre)

    1 Brooklands Road Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0LP

    Received 9 Oct 2014
  17. Decided2014/1126/FUL

    Erection of 4 no. brick pillars and replacement gates either side of the front driveway.

    1 Georges Lane Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8HD

    Received 10 Oct 2014
  18. Decided2014/1127/OUT

    Outline - Residential development.

    Whitegate Nurseries 66 Chapel Road Hesketh Bank Lancashire PR4 6RT

    Received 10 Oct 2014
  19. Decided2014/1128/FUL

    Single storey rear extension.

    Ashcliffe Lees Lane Dalton Wigan Lancashire WN8 7RE

    Received 14 Oct 2014
  20. Decided2014/1129/FUL

    Replacement dwelling.

    High Fields Robin Hood Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9QG

    Received 10 Oct 2014
  21. Decided2014/1130/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 3 of planning permission 2014/0861/FUL relating to details and colour of the external metal cladding.

    Bargain Booze 106 Sandy Lane Centre Sandy Lane Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8LQ

    Received 13 Oct 2014
  22. Decided2014/1131/NMA

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 2011/0504/FUL & 2013/1325/FUL - Variation to design of scorer's box on SE corner of building, overlooking running track.

    Land Bounded By Ruff Lane And Scarth Hill Lane Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP

    Received 19 Nov 2014
  23. Decided2014/1132/FUL

    Variation of condition nos 2, 3 and 22 imposed on planning permission 2014/0200/FUL in accordance with the Schedule of Variation received on 14th October 2014.

    Land North Of Junction With Pippin Street Liverpool Road South Burscough Lancashire

    Received 14 Oct 2014
  24. Decided2014/1133/LDC

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Use of part of the caravan park approved on appeal under planning permission reference 8/6/454 as a residential static caravan site.

    Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YH

    Received 15 Oct 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.

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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