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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.
6,805 approved · 1,329 refused · 413 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Lyelake Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JZ
Received 15 Dec 2014Co-operative 42 Church Road Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8ET
Received 15 Dec 201414 Lyelake Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JZ
Received 15 Dec 2014246 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6RH
Received 15 Dec 2014Hangar C2 To C4 Tollgate Road Burscough Lancashire L40 8LD
Received 15 Dec 2014178 Ormskirk Road Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0AA
Received 28 Nov 201462 Delph Common Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DW
Received 15 Dec 2014Our Lady And All Saints Church Lancaster Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7HS
Received 28 Nov 2014Site Of Redcliffe Convent Aughton Park Drive Aughton Lancashire
Received 1 Dec 201431 Hall Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9QB
Received 16 Dec 2014Kinvara Formby Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HG
Received 9 Dec 201445 New Lane Pace Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8EZ
Received 16 Dec 2014Mossock Hall Farm Liverpool Road Bickerstaffe Lancashire L39 0EE
Received 16 Dec 2014Trade Fencing Ltd Unit 9 Palais Buildings Liverpool Road North Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TN
Received 15 Dec 2014208 Moss Lane Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6AE
Received 17 Dec 2014Lordsgate House Lordsgate Drive Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7RS
Received 17 Dec 201476 Swanpool Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AZ
Received 17 Dec 2014Conlon And Sons Opticians 2 Aughton Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3BW
Received 17 Dec 201456 - 78 Chapel Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QF
Received 17 Dec 2014Caravan Site Newbridge Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Lancashire L33 4YH
Received 17 Dec 2014120B Mossy Lea Road Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9RD
Received 19 Nov 2014Briar Dene Nursery School 2 Fulwood Avenue Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6RP
Received 17 Dec 201440 County Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1QQ
Received 18 Dec 2014Barn Adjacent To Goose Dub Barn Charnleys Lane Banks Lancashire PR9 8HJ
Received 18 Dec 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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