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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
9,646Searchable applications
403Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 8,594 approved or refused records
1,397Refused applications

7,197 approved · 1,397 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2022/0012/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed dormer extension, new staircase and internal alterations

    39 Square Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7RG

    Received 6 Jan 2022
  2. Decided2022/0013/FUL

    Proposed side and rear extension to ground and first floors

    2 Cut Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 8RD

    Received 7 Jan 2022
  3. Decided2022/0014/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Single storey rear extension and single storey side extension adjoining existing detached garage.

    294 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6RR

    Received 7 Jan 2022
  4. Decided2022/0015/FUL

    Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.

    184B Chapel Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6SA

    Received 7 Jan 2022
  5. DecidedT/2022/0002/TCA

    1 large Birch tree by the side of the warehouse. Felling requested as tree is dieing1 Ash tree. Felling requested as tree is dieing3 Sycamore trees in a group one is hidden from view. Felling requested1 Sycamore growing too close to a turkey oak. Felling requested1 Sycamore on its own in very poor condition. Felling requested

    The Chase Flash Lane Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SW

    Received 6 Jan 2022
  6. Decided2022/0016/PNT

    Development by Telecommunications Code System Operator - Proposed 16.0m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works.

    Telecommunications Equipment Land Adjacent To 243 Mossy Lea Road Wrightington Lancashire WN6 9RN

    Received 10 Jan 2022
  7. Decided2022/0017/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 9 of planning permission 2018/0281/OUT relating to a Construction Environment Management Plan.

    Land On The Western Side Of XL Business Park Statham Road Skelmersdale Lancashire

    Received 10 Jan 2022
  8. Decided2022/0018/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 21 of planning permission 2018/0281/OUT relating to a scheme to deal with the risk associated with contamination on the site.

    Land On The Western Side Of XL Business Park Statham Road Skelmersdale Lancashire

    Received 10 Jan 2022
  9. Decided2022/0019/FUL

    Extension to existing employment building for occupation within Use Class E(g), car parking and associated works, including installation of PV solar panels to roof and electric vehicle charging facilities.

    Unit 4 Holland Business Park Spa Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6LN

    Received 10 Jan 2022
  10. Decided2022/0020/CON

    Approval of details reserved by condition no. 13 on planning permission 2019/1226/FUL relating to the reinstatement of the footpath

    Co-op Food 1 Hoole Lane Banks Lancashire PR9 8BD

    Received 10 Jan 2022
  11. Decided2022/0021/OUT

    Outline - Proposed two storey 4 bedroom detached cottage with detached double garage (including details of access and appearance).

    Doctors Cottage Doctors Lane Sollom Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6HU

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  12. Decided2022/0008/FUL

    Alterations and extension to form new ground floor sensory room and first floor bedroom accommodation

    4 Blackacre Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1QW

    Received 5 Jan 2022
  13. Decided2022/0022/FUL

    Erection of a replacement agricultural building.

    Woodhouse Farm Stopgate Lane Simonswood Liverpool Lancashire L33 4YA

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  14. Decided2022/0023/FUL

    Minor alterations to elevations to include the removal of sections of shopfront, to be replaced with new glazing, access door, brickwork and khaki green aluminium cladding to match existing, with associated works to the site.

    McDonalds Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LN

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  15. DecidedT/2022/0003/TCA

    Ash tree in rear garden. Big and overhanging next doors' garden. To remove the protruding lower branches and to raise the crown. Beech tree. Branch too big and overhanging next door's garden. To remove the branch.

    8 New Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SR

    Received 7 Jan 2022
  16. Decided2022/0024/FUL

    Single storey rear extension to existing outbuilding including amended fenestration to the north west and south east elevations and amendments to existing rear metal canopy.

    Matthews Farm Marsh Road Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8DX

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  17. Decided2022/0025/FUL

    Alterations and extensions to existing one-bedroom semi-detached bungalow including raising height of roof to form first floor; single storey rear extension and front porch.

    37 Mill Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7NW

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  18. Decided2022/0027/CON

    Approval of Details reserved by conditions nos. 4 and 5 of planning permission 2021/1171/LBC relating to materials and details of windows.

    553 Southport Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RG

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  19. Decided2022/0028/FUL

    Single storey rear extension to provide disabled wc.

    Hesketh Bank Community Centre Front Hall Station Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6SQ

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  20. Decided2022/0029/NMA

    Non Material Amendment to Planning Permission 2021/0920/FUL - Additional window to be added to ground floor WC for escape purposes.

    61 County Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1QG

    Received 12 Jan 2022
  21. Decided2022/0030/FUL

    External alterations, including bricking up of door and enlarging window to side. New roof lantern to rear

    56 Manor Avenue Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7TT

    Received 12 Jan 2022
  22. Decided2022/0032/FUL

    Loft conversion, including rear dormer extension, and alterations to student HMO to provide 8 bedrooms.

    12 Wigan Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2AU

    Received 13 Jan 2022
  23. Decided2022/0034/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed change of use of property from a residential rental property to a children's residential home.

    Brickmakers Barn Whiterails Drive Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3BE

    Received 13 Jan 2022
  24. Decided2022/0035/FUL

    Proposed demolition of existing building and canopies associated with hand car wash facility and the erection of four retail units, comprising a mix of; two non-food retail units [Use Class E(a)]; one food retail unit [Use Class E(b)]; and one hot food take away unit [Use Class Sui Generis]; with associated external works, parking, access and landscaping.

    Tarleton Garage Southport New Road Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6LB

    Received 13 Jan 2022

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