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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.
6,735 approved · 1,316 refused · 407 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Dicconson Arms 206 Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Lancashire WN6 9DY
Received 28 Oct 2014The White House Moss Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9PB
Received 20 Oct 201468 Liverpool Road South Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7TA
Received 27 Oct 2014IKO Plc Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9AB
Received 27 Oct 2014Len Wrights Salads Ltd Hazeldene Taylors Meanygate Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6XB
Received 29 Oct 2014Greenfield Cottage Mill Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7NW
Received 27 Oct 2014Rear Of 94 Church Road Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6UP
Received 29 Oct 2014Laurel Cottage Liverpool Old Road Sollom Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6HR
Received 15 Oct 201457 Bearncroft Digmoor Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9HE
Received 28 Oct 2014Birch Lane Farm Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1TY
Received 28 Oct 2014Gravel Farm Adjacent Southport New Road Gravel Lane Banks Lancashire PR9 8BU
Received 28 Oct 2014Oakville Ash Brow Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7NG
Received 28 Oct 2014Tarleton Mill Plox Brow Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6HB
Received 30 Oct 201437 Glenside Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9EG
Received 30 Oct 201417 Carr Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6DD
Received 30 Oct 2014Land To The North Of Garages 1-8 Schwartzman Drive Banks Lancashire
Received 29 Oct 2014Land At 79 Ormskirk Road Blaguegate Skelmersdale Lancashire
Received 29 Oct 2014123 Evington Tanhouse Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6DN
Received 19 Nov 2014Land To The South Of Ingram Birch Green Skelmersdale Lancashire
Received 3 Nov 2014Copelands Farm Drummersdale Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RB
Received 3 Nov 2014128 Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9DS
Received 3 Nov 201466 Chorley Road Hilldale Ormskirk Lancashire L40 3SL
Received 24 Oct 2014Moss View 4A Mill Hey Lane Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SJ
Received 4 Oct 2014Premier Stores Ltd 11 - 13 Dingle Road Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0EN
Received 4 Nov 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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