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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
9,434Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 8,397 approved or refused records
1,368Refused applications

7,029 approved · 1,368 refused · 419 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2011 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2015/0404/OUT

    Outline - Demolition of existing house and re-development of the site with erection of terrace of 4 houses with car parking at the rear (including details of access and layout).

    11 Hall Green Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0PB

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  2. Decided2015/0405/FUL

    Demolition of existing integral garage and erection of a two storey side and rear extension and detached garage.

    35 Beech Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6SJ

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  3. Decided2015/0406/FUL

    Detached double garage

    Worthingtons Barn Park Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JN

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  4. Decided2015/0407/FUL

    Demolition of existing single storey rear extension. Erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.

    71 Blaguegate Lane Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8TY

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  5. Decided2015/0408/FUL

    Erection of two buildings for use for agricultural storage and agricultural workshop purposes and as a single car domestic garage (retrospective).

    Andersons Farm Philip Drive Halsall Southport Lancashire PR8 3HG

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  6. Decided2015/0409/FUL

    Variation of condition 2 imposed on planning permission 2014/1032/FUL to read 'The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the following plans: Plan reference 102A and 103A received by the LPA on 30/06/2008, Plan reference 12-26-01D received by the LPA on 19/09/2014, Plan reference GAS01; 223 and 223F received by the LPA on 21/04/2015, Plan reference EW01; EW02 and EW03 received by the LPA on 19/06/2015 and Plan reference 14-740-C06 rev A received by the LPA on 14/07/2015.'

    Throstles Nest Farm Pippin Street Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7SP

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  7. Decided2015/0410/FUL

    First floor en suite rear extension built off existing bathroom

    24 Cobbs Brow Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7ND

    Received 22 Apr 2015
  8. Decided2015/0411/COU

    Conversion of 5 bedroom house into 9 serviced guest rooms.

    Birches Brow Formby Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HG

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  9. DecidedT/2015/0029/TCA

    T1 - Cherry - Crown reduce by 1-2m all round

    Pinfold Cottage Pinfold Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 8HR

    Received 20 Apr 2015
  10. DecidedT/2015/0030/TCA

    T1 - Maple - Crown Raise secondary branches up to 5m, Crown Thin 20% and Crown Reduce by way of tipping back over driveway up to 1.5m max

    31 Hall Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9QB

    Received 20 Apr 2015
  11. Decided2015/0412/FUL

    Variation of Condition No. 2 imposed on planning permission 2014/0570/FUL to vary the approved plans and to agree details relating to conditions 3, 4, 5, 10 and 13 relating to materials, finished floor and site levels, foul and surface water drainage, landscaping and details of mechanical ventilation systems.

    Bellagios 20 Springfield Road Aughton Lancashire L39 6ST

    Received 22 Apr 2015
  12. Decided2015/0413/FUL

    Single storey rear/ side extensions

    20 Lyndhurst Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6UH

    Received 22 Apr 2015
  13. Decided2015/0414/LDC

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Use of agricultural land as domestic garden.

    Blackleage Cottage Lee Lane Bispham Ormskirk Lancashire L40 3SJ

    Received 23 Apr 2015
  14. Decided2015/0415/NMA

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 2012/1310/FUL - The building design is not suitable for current requirements and a new internal layout is needed.

    Davies Building Maharishi School Cobbs Brow Lane Newburgh Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JJ

    Received 21 Apr 2015
  15. Decided2015/0416/PNH

    Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Extension of dwellinghouse.Dimension from rear wall of original dwellinghouse - 6mMaximum height of extension - 2.89mHeight to eaves of extension - 2.47m

    49 Pool Hey Lane Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR8 5HS

    Received 22 Apr 2015
  16. Decided2015/0417/PNH

    Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Extension of dwellinghouse.Dimension from rear wall of original dwellinghouse - 4mMaximum height of extension - 3.5mHeight to eaves of extension - 2.5m

    39 Ryburn Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4SB

    Received 22 Apr 2015
  17. Decided2015/0418/FUL

    Erection of two temporary boiler plant containers with 2.7m high fence (renewal of planning permission 2010/0265/FUL).

    Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP

    Received 23 Apr 2015
  18. DecidedT/2015/0031/TCA

    Remove Pine and prune Cherry to formatively prune

    76 The Common Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7EA

    Received 20 Apr 2015
  19. Decided2015/0419/CON

    Approval of details reserved by condition no. 6 of planning permission 2011/1146/FUL (allowed on appeal) relating to Site Investigation Works.

    Walkers Snack Foods Ltd Pennine Place West Pimbo Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9QF

    Received 23 Apr 2015
  20. Decided2015/0420/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 15 of planning permission 2012/1224/OUT relating to a common toad survey and method statement.

    Land Bounded By Liverpool Road South Abbey Lane Burscough Lancashire

    Received 23 Apr 2015
  21. Decided2015/0421/COU

    Change of use of cricket pavilion and land to a mixed use as pavilion and Class D1 use (day nursery).

    Hesketh Bank Cricket Club Station Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6SR

    Received 23 Apr 2015
  22. Decided2015/0422/NMA

    Non-material amendments to planning permission 2012/1280/FUL - Reduce dormer

    220 Southport Road Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR8 5LF

    Received 23 Apr 2015
  23. Decided2015/0423/OUT

    Outline proposal to develop land to rear of dwelling to provide one detached dwelling

    Land To The Rear Of 33 - 35 Fermor Road Tarleton Lancashire

    Received 23 Apr 2015
  24. Decided2015/0424/FUL

    Installation of ground mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar arrays to provide ~5MWp generation capacity together with transformer stations; internal access track; electricity sub-station; landscaping; fencing; security measures; access gate; and ancillary infrastructure.

    Land To The West Of Back Lane Aughton Lancashire

    Received 27 Apr 2015

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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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