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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
10,625Searchable applications
405Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 9,494 approved or refused records
1,497Refused applications

7,997 approved · 1,497 refused · 474 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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. Decided2023/0039/FUL

    Proposed 15nr single storey storage units (use class B8); and associated access, car parking, hard and soft landscaping.

    Rear Of 99 Blackgate Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6UT

    Received 16 Jan 2023
  2. DecidedT/2023/0005/TCA

    T1 Cedrus Atlantica- Removal due to unbalanced crown, snapped hanging branches and location to property and seating area. To re plant broadleaf species along boundary line.

    20 Beech Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6SJ

    Received 17 Jan 2023
  3. Decided2023/0040/NMA

    Non Material Amendment to planning permission 2021/1359/FUL - Minor changes to changes to the proposed layout, roof and elevations.

    MCTGF Jersey ST Skelmersdale Ltd Gladden House 17 Gladden Place Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9SX

    Received 17 Jan 2023
  4. Decided2023/0041/FUL

    Proposed 2 storey dormer front and side extension.

    3 The Grove Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9HB

    Received 18 Jan 2023
  5. DecidedT/2023/0001/TPO

    Birch (T1) - Remove disease Oak (T2) - Crown raise 6m Rose (T3) - Prune back from neighbours

    137 Blaguegate Lane Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8TX

    Received 18 Jan 2023
  6. Decided2023/0042/ADV

    Advertisement Consent-one directional pedestrian sign

    Regal House 37 Church Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3BX

    Received 19 Jan 2023
  7. Decided2023/0043/LDP

    Certificate of Lawfulness- Proposed two storey rear extension, loft conversion with dormer to rear and erection of new porch.

    20 Gregory Lane Halsall Ormskirk Lancashire L39 8SR

    Received 19 Jan 2023
  8. DecidedT/2023/0006/TCA

    Two dead trees to be felled

    Saddlers Barn 6 Park Farm Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1RZ

    Received 13 Jan 2023
  9. DecidedT/2023/0007/TCA

    Removal of spruce tree within the fence

    30 Hall Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9QE

    Received 17 Jan 2023
  10. Decided2023/0045/NMA

    Non Material Amendment to planning permission 2022/0977/FUL - Omission of tall window on right hand side elevation to be replaced with bi-fold doors. Increase in height of extension from 2.90m to 3.0m

    9 Springmount Drive Hilldale Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AP

    Received 16 Jan 2023
  11. Decided2023/0047/FUL

    Single storey extension to existing ancillary accommodation

    Old Westhead Farm Elmers Green Lane Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6SH

    Received 17 Jan 2023
  12. Decided2023/0048/FUL

    Retrospective change of use of existing building and land to be used in connection with plant hire/aggregate supplier business.

    Greens Lane Farm Greens Lane Downholland Lydiate Liverpool Lancashire L31 4HZ

    Received 19 Jan 2023
  13. Decided2023/0049/FUL

    Replacement double glazed windows on first and second floors, with the exception of 3 windows to be secondary glazed.

    Glenavon 52 Granville Park West Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5HS

    Received 20 Jan 2023
  14. Decided2023/0050/NMA

    Non Matter Amendment to planning permission - 2021/0937/FUL - Increase in height of solar panels by approximately 300mm from 2014mm to approximately 2300mm. Note that actual panel heights are subject to site-specific topography, ground conditions and settlement. Therefore heights are approximate.

    Crossens Pumping Station Banks Road Banks Lancashire

    Received 20 Jan 2023
  15. Decided2023/0051/FUL

    Retrospective planning application for the erection of a garden wall within the boundary of our property.

    9 Granville Park Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DS

    Received 16 Jan 2023
  16. Decided2023/0052/CON

    Approval of details reserved by condition no.s 3, 4 and 6 of planning permission 2021/0734/FUL relating to materials and drainage

    38 Granville Park Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DU

    Received 20 Jan 2023
  17. Decided2023/0053/FUL

    Removal of internal wall. Additional of new window to north elevation.

    Owens Farm Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HS

    Received 20 Jan 2023
  18. Decided2023/0054/LBC

    Listed Building Consent - Removal of internal wall. Addition of new window to North elevation.

    Owens Farm Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HS

    Received 20 Jan 2023
  19. Decided2023/0055/FUL

    Single storey front, side and rear extension with new pitched roof to rear extension

    21 Rivington Drive Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7RN

    Received 23 Jan 2023
  20. Decided2023/0056/FUL

    Single storey rear extension following the demolition of existing conservatory.

    High Bank Ash Brow Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7NG

    Received 31 Jan 2023
  21. Decided2023/0057/FUL

    Provision of GRP Substation

    Land Adj To Firswood Road Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire

    Received 23 Jan 2023
  22. Decided2023/0058/FUL

    Removal of existing rear extensions/conservatory with replacement orangery extension

    246 Mossy Lea Road Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9RL

    Received 23 Jan 2023
  23. Decided2023/0059/FUL

    Construction of single storey pitched roof extension to side, and single storey flat roof extension to rear of existing bungalow.

    164 Mossy Lea Road Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9RD

    Received 24 Jan 2023
  24. Decided2023/0060/LDC

    Certificate of Lawfulness- The outbuilding (former pig sty) is within the domestic curtilage of South Tunley Farm.

    South Tunley Farm Tunley Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9RJ

    Received 24 Jan 2023

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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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