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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.
8,221 approved · 1,531 refused · 488 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Sept 2010 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Of Former Greaves Hall Hospital Greaves Hall Avenue Banks Lancashire
Received 15 Jun 202330 Victoria Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AU
Received 15 Jun 20236 Brooklands Grove Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5UT
Received 16 Jun 20234 Convent Grove Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7JA
Received 16 Jun 2023Abbotswood Lancaster Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7HQ
Received 16 Jun 2023Chisnall Farm Crow Lane Dalton Wigan Lancashire WN8 7RY
Received 19 Jun 202311A Fulwood Avenue Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6RP
Received 16 Jun 2023Woodlands Sandy Lane Holmeswood Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1UE
Received 19 Jun 202329 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6AQ
Received 19 Jun 2023111 Crosshall Brow Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JE
Received 19 Jun 2023Lower End Farm Bowkers Green Lane Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 9ER
Received 20 Jun 2023AFB Logistics Ltd Unit 1 Clayton Business Centre Langley Place Burscough Industrial Estate Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 8JS
Received 20 Jun 2023Croppers Farm Croppers Lane Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 9EJ
Received 20 Jun 2023Abrahams Barn Meadow Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BR
Received 20 Jun 20231 Convent Grove Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7JA
Received 20 Jun 2023Land To The South Of Chancel Way Burscough Lancashire
Received 20 Jun 2023Bank Top Cobbs Brow Lane Newburgh Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JJ
Received 20 Jun 202324 Abington Drive Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8FL
Received 20 Jun 2023IKO Plc Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9AB
Received 20 Jun 2023Moor Hall Restaurant Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6RT
Received 20 Jun 2023Site Of Former Pennylands House Westgate Skelmersdale Lancashire
Received 21 Jun 2023Moor Hall Restaurant Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6RT
Received 21 Jun 20238 Briars Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TG
Received 21 Jun 2023225 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AE
Received 21 Jun 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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