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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.
7,979 approved · 1,492 refused · 473 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Aug 2011 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 New Street Halsall Ormskirk Lancashire L39 8RR
Received 11 Nov 2022232 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6AT
Received 11 Nov 2022157 Aughton Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3LG
Received 14 Nov 20225 Toogood Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9PL
Received 14 Nov 2022The Bowling Green 29A Junction Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5SN
Received 14 Nov 2022Brookfield Park Primary School School Lane Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8EH
Received 14 Nov 2022Waterside House Stonemill Rise Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9BH
Received 14 Nov 2022243 Mossy Lea Road Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9RN
Received 15 Nov 202221 Pimbo Lane Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9QQ
Received 15 Nov 2022Land At Round Thorn Cottage And Barn Adj Round Thorn Cottage Parrs Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5BP
Received 24 Oct 2022Land Adjacent 5 Colinmander Gardens Ormskirk Lancashire
Received 15 Nov 20224 Firswood Road Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8UP
Received 15 Nov 20228 Wheat Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BX
Received 16 Nov 20228 Capilano Park Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5HA
Received 16 Nov 20224 Fulwood Avenue Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6RP
Received 16 Nov 2022Former Christ The Servant Church Back Lane Digmoor Skelmersdale Lancashire
Received 16 Nov 20229 Springmount Drive Hilldale Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AP
Received 16 Nov 202216 Swanpool Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AZ
Received 17 Nov 2022Rufford Old Hall 200 Liverpool Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SG
Received 16 Nov 202285B School Lane Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8PU
Received 17 Nov 2022Huntapac Produce Ltd 293 Blackgate Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JJ
Received 17 Nov 2022Quinta Higher Lane Dalton Wigan Lancashire WN8 7TW
Received 17 Nov 2022Windsmore Taylors Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JE
Received 17 Nov 2022147A Blaguegate Lane Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8TX
Received 18 Nov 2022Records 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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