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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
9,576Searchable applications
403Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 8,527 approved or refused records
1,389Refused applications

7,138 approved · 1,389 refused · 427 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2021/1262/FUL

    Part retrospective application for the siting of a storage building to replace previous storage building

    174 Gravel Lane Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8BX

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  2. Decided2021/1264/CON

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition Nos. 19 and 20 of planning permission 2019/1284/FUL relating to a scheme detailing the method of storage and disposal of litter and waste materials including recycling facilities and details of the pedestrian link to the north west of the site including levels and gradients.

    Land To The South Of Ingram Birch Green Skelmersdale Lancashire

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  3. Decided2021/1266/FUL

    Install new door into existing window opening & block up existing door opening. New composite timber cladding to gable end and redecorate remaining render.

    Pesto 206 Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9DY

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  4. Decided2021/1267/FUL

    Change of use of existing premises to flexible use within Use Classes E(g), B2 or B8.

    Unit 2 Holland Business Park Spa Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6LN

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  5. Decided2021/1268/FUL

    Single storey rear extension and alteration to rear including bricking up of door to external storage area.

    2 Hardacre Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2XD

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  6. Decided2021/1269/FUL

    Ground floor single storey rear extension on the footprint of existing conservatory.

    3 Millbank Brow Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TA

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  7. Decided2021/1271/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed single storey side extension.

    49 Turnberry Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8EG

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  8. Decided2021/1272/FUL

    Removal of conservatory and connecting extension. Reinstate outbuilding and rebuild kitchen both to include a pitched roof.

    81 Gorsey Lane Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8ED

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  9. Decided2021/1273/FUL

    Demolish existing conservatory and replace with single storey rear extension

    17 Flax Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TD

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  10. Decided2021/1274/FUL

    Single storey rear extension.

    11 Wordsworth Close Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3PN

    Received 1 Nov 2021
  11. Decided2021/1275/FUL

    Single storey rear extension

    178 Station Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6ST

    Received 30 Oct 2021
  12. DecidedT/2021/0122/TPO

    T1 - Poplar. Fell. Reason: In decline. The canopy only has approximately 15% leaf coverage.

    289 Ormskirk Road Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9AH

    Received 31 Oct 2021
  13. Decided2021/1276/FUL

    Proposed single storey side extension to form new bedroom and wet room.

    25 Wigeon Place Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8RT

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  14. Decided2021/1277/FUL

    Single storey rear extension to form a bedroom.

    2 Old Town Close Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8BB

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  15. Decided2021/1278/FUL

    Amendments to bay roof to front elevation.

    170 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AG

    Received 1 Nov 2021
  16. DecidedT/2021/0123/TPO

    T1 - Ash - fell. Reason: Due to stem strangulation by chain with all crown parts above chain dead. T2 - Sycamore - fell. Reason: As a preventative H&S measure due to stem strangulation by chain. Replant two trees within the garden at site; species to be confirmed by client.

    Dumbills Farm Crosshall Brow Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JD

    Received 1 Nov 2021
  17. DecidedT/2021/0126/TPO

    Fell the tree (Willow) shown on the attached plan. The tree has already had permission from the officer tofell which has lapsed. The tree was identified by the officer as previously being in poor condition. The tree to fell is in the area located on the attached plan as submitted to the Council and as shown, identified on the enclosed photograph which shows a twin stemmed tree. Reason: One stem with an area of decay visible on the trunk and the adjacent stem/trunk with a split hanging limb. To remove one Willow tree from the site that was agreed and permission has lapsed.

    Land Opposite The Junction With Mains Lane Hall Lane Bispham Lancashire

    Received 23 Sept 2021
  18. Decided2021/1279/FUL

    Proposed part two storey side extension

    8 North Drive Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9DZ

    Received 1 Nov 2021
  19. Decided2021/1280/FUL

    Erection of 4 dwellings with associated garden curtilages and communal courtyard / parking, bin and cycle stores, and hard and soft landscaping

    Land To The South Of 29 Bescar Lane Scarisbrick Lancashire

    Received 2 Nov 2021
  20. Decided2021/1281/FUL

    Single storey rear and side extension

    20 Boundary Lane Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6AJ

    Received 2 Nov 2021
  21. Decided2021/1283/FUL

    Re-use and conversion of redundant bothy, with a small single-storey extension for use as a 1-bed residential dwelling with associated means of access, parking with EVCP point, bin storage, private package treatment and landscaping scheme.

    Barn To The West Of Harrock Lane Wrightington Lancashire

    Received 3 Nov 2021
  22. Decided2021/1284/FUL

    Re-use and conversion of redundant pumphouse and water tower, with a small new single-storey extension for use as a 2-bed residential dwelling with associated means of access, parking with EVCP point, bin storage, private package treatment and landscaping scheme.

    Pump House Hill House Fold Lane Wrightington Lancashire

    Received 3 Nov 2021
  23. Decided2021/1285/FUL

    Two storey side extension and extension to existing porch along with associated works

    71 Swanpool Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AY

    Received 3 Nov 2021
  24. Decided2021/1286/FUL

    Double storey front extension replacing existing porch

    131 Blaguegate Lane Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8TX

    Received 3 Nov 2021

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What these statistics cover

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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