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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
9,837Searchable applications
405Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 8,762 approved or refused records
1,417Refused applications

7,345 approved · 1,417 refused · 443 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2011 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2022/0371/FUL

    Single storey extension to existing two storey dwelling.

    Sycamore House Farm High Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7SW

    Received 29 Mar 2022
  2. Decided2022/0372/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory

    58 Becconsall Lane Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6RR

    Received 29 Mar 2022
  3. Decided2022/0374/FUL

    Part garage conversion along with addition of 4 number rooflights along hidden valley (out of view)

    Oak Barn 7 Mercer Court Great Altcar Liverpool Lancashire L31 4LF

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  4. Decided2022/0375/FUL

    Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new 3 storey dwelling. Associated external works including new brick piers with automatic gates, removal of trees and creation of new vehicle exit point.

    15 Swanpool Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AX

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  5. DecidedLCC/2022/0013

    County Matter - variation of conditions 2 and 5 of permission LCC/2021/0045 to allow Saturday working at the waste recycling yard.

    410 Southport Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RE

    Received 29 Mar 2022
  6. Decided2022/0376/FUL

    Proposed 2 storey side extension

    104 Ryburn Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4SD

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  7. Decided2022/0377/FUL

    Side and Dormer Extensions

    14 Cromfield Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AB

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  8. Decided2022/0378/ADV

    Existing Clarks site to be updated with the new branding colour & logo - 1no Internally illuminated Fascia and 1no internally Illuminated projector sign. Shop front to be painted black and the entrance soffit to be painted white.

    Clarks 14 Moor Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2AQ

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  9. DecidedT/2022/0025/TCA

    Apple - Pruning back branchesDamson - Reducing back overhanging branches

    Laneside Croasdale Drive Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7HR

    Received 21 Mar 2022
  10. DecidedT/2022/0026/TCA

    T23 - Ash Removal

    Land At Clyffes Farm Close Scarisbrick Lancashire

    Received 22 Mar 2022
  11. DecidedT/2022/0027/TCA

    T1 - Failed Willow - RemoveT2 - Leaning Willow - Remove

    22 Station Road Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7NU

    Received 15 Mar 2022
  12. DecidedT/2022/0028/TCA

    Goat Willow - Reduce the height & the weight by 50%

    3 Thornhill Close Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5HB

    Received 23 Mar 2022
  13. DecidedT/2022/0035/TPO

    Sycamore - Remove

    Land At 13 Capilano Park Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5HA

    Received 18 Mar 2022
  14. Decided2022/0379/PNP

    Application for Determination as to whether Prior Approval is required for a new farm track with suitable surface for farm vehicles only (not HGVs) to fields and also to Ayrefield Farm to reduce the number of farm vehicles on the existing access to the farm at Bank Brow.

    Ayrefield Farm Bank Brow Roby Mill Up Holland Lancashire WN8 0SY

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  15. Decided2022/0381/FUL

    Proposed kitchen, dining and bathroom replacement with bedroom extension to gable and rear. The proposed development will include the demolition of existing garage, two story infill extension along eastern elevation to create an enlarged third bedroom to the first floor and enlargement to kitchen at ground floor, a single story pitched roof extension to the rear to create a consolidated kitchen-dining space.

    71 Ormskirk Road Blaguegate Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8TR

    Received 30 Mar 2022
  16. DecidedT/2022/0029/TCA

    Cherry (T1) - Leaning Fell Sycamore (T2) - Dismantle fell - poor specimen, very close to properties.Beech (T3) - Crown raise 3m-4m , reduce from property.

    6 Fulwood Avenue Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6RP

    Received 31 Mar 2022
  17. DecidedT/2022/0036/TPO

    Sycamore (G1) - Pruning and growing - 10% crown thin & deadwood apo crown clean , removal of 2/3 secondaries. Sycamore (T2) - 5m Crown raise 15% thin apo crown thin.

    9 Brandreth Drive Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7HB

    Received 31 Mar 2022
  18. DecidedT/2022/0037/TPO

    T1 - Oak - Remove one large primary limb over the garden (this limb looks to have had previous works carried out leaving stub cuts) and 5% thin. Reason - as part of good tree management and to create a more balanced tree.T2 - Sycamore - Crown raise 5m over garden and 10% thin.Reason - as part of good tree management and to reduce shading to understory flora and fauna.T3 - Sycamore - Crown raise 6m over garden (to include 1 larger secondary branch) and a 5% thin.Reason - as part of good tree management and to reduce shading to understory flora and fauna.T4 - Sycamore - Crown raise 5m over garden and a 5% thin.Reason - as part of good tree management.

    Brook House 4 Halsall Farm Grove Halsall Ormskirk Lancashire L39 8AB

    Received 31 Mar 2022
  19. Decided2022/0383/FUL

    Erection of single storey pod containing WeBuyAnyCar (Use Class Sui Generis) in the eastern corner of Morrisons Car Park

    Morrisons Park Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3RB

    Received 17 Mar 2022
  20. Decided2022/0384/FUL

    Retrospective construction of a stable block and menage and proposed additional menage

    Greenings Farm Greenings Lane Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR9 8AN

    Received 31 Mar 2022
  21. Decided2022/0385/FUL

    Retrospective planning application for the erection of a steel framed building used ancillary to dwellinghouse

    Rosedale Marsh Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6XT

    Received 31 Mar 2022
  22. Decided2022/0386/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed removal of dormer windows and flat roof terrace within a pitched roof, installation of new roof lights. New rooflight to a flat roof element above existing ensuite. Infilling of section of roof and re-roofing of pitched roof for sake of continuity

    53 Bold Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6SG

    Received 31 Mar 2022
  23. Decided2022/0387/FUL

    Erection of building for storage of equipment used in connection with the forestry operations (retrospective).

    Land Adjacent To Panorama Drummersdale Lane Scarisbrick Lancashire

    Received 1 Apr 2022
  24. Decided2022/0388/FUL

    Proposed infil to existing undercroft to extend kitchen & create new study room. Reroute existing right of way

    95 Grimshaw Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1PA

    Received 1 Apr 2022

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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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