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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 dates11,101Searchable applications
403Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 9,924 approved or refused records
1,558Refused applications
8,366 approved · 1,558 refused · 502 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning 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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More application records
- Decided2024/0153/FUL
Proposal to replace an existing dwelling with a 2 storey 5 bedroom home.
Coach Road Farm Coach Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0HP
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0154/FUL
Erection of 7 dwellings (Amendment to development on existing plots 183-185 approved under refs: 2019/1182/ARM and 2023/0897/NMA to amend house type and number).
Site Of Former Yew Tree Farm Liverpool Road South Burscough Lancashire
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0155/FUL
Replacement windows
Hermitage 79 Liverpool Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SA
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0156/FUL
Removal of condition 8 of planning permission 2021/0682/FUL relating to general permitted development.
Ladys View Ladys Walk Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6HX
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0157/FUL
Alterations to front facade, re-roof of ground floor extensions. Internal alterations and structural openings, alterations to rear facade, increase width of dropped kerb to front of house.
3 Abbeydale Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5SU
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0158/CON
Approval of details reserved by condtion numbers 9 of planning permission 2021/0518/ARM relating to - Drainage details.
Site Of Former Yew Tree Farm Higgins Lane Burscough Lancashire
Received 22 Feb 2024 - DecidedT/2024/0025/TPO
Section S211 NoticeNo. 4 Trees- Remove
Sports Field Aveling Drive Banks Lancashire PR9 8GS
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0159/ADV
Shop Sign (Phone Store)
4 Aughton Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3BW
Received 22 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0160/FUL
Demolition of existing conservatory replace with rear extension. Insertion of windows to the side elevations. Demolition of bay window replaced with glazed entrance porch.
Bedouin Boundary Meanygate Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6AL
Received 22 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0161/CON
Approval of details reserved by condition no 9 of planning permission 2022/1042/FUL relating to Wheel Wash
Site Of Former Paynton Higher Lane Dalton Lancashire WN8 7RP
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0162/CON
Approval of details reserved by condition no's 4 & 5 of planning permission 2021/1507/LBC relating to partition walls and construction management plan. (Retrospective)
Station House Red Cat Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RA
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0163/CON
Approval of details reserved by condition no's 3 & 15 of planning permission 2022/0438/FUL relating to Ground Works & Coal Mining Legacy.
357 Wood Lane Wrightington Lancashire
Received 26 Feb 2024 - DecidedT/2024/0026/TPO
T1 - Corsican Pine - Crown growing predominantly over farmers field and over a telecommunications line with some rubbing and potential for damage during snap out. Request to crown lift on field side to 6m to free telecom line, crown thin 20% to relieve some weight and balance the crown overall.T2 - Corsican Pine - Tree has a limb growing laterally into farmers field and rubbing on telecom lines. Request crown lift and thin to remove rubbing parts of the limb.T3 - Hawthorn - Small Hawthorn tree growing into telecom wire, request pruning to give 2m clearance from wire.T4 - Mature co domianant ivy clad specimen with advanced Ash dieback disease. Request to fell tree on safety grounds and leave a habitat post approx 4m high.T6 - CO dominant ivy clad Ash tree with advanced dieback, this tree has grown over the lodge and poses significant risk, request to fell to ground.
Fairhurst Hall Chorley Road Hilldale Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AN
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0164/CON
Approval of details reserved by condition no's 7,9,11 & 12 of planning permission 2021/1506/FUL relating to Operational Management plan, Biodiversity Enhancement Plan, Accessibility and Pedestrian routes signage.
Station House Red Cat Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RA
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0165/FUL
Retrospective application: New boundary wall to frontage. Works include brick boundary wall with metal rail above, electric gates.
86 Winifred Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DL
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0166/FUL
The proposal is to deploy Marley Modern Cement Tiles on the roof in a similar colour (mid/dark grey). The proposal is to deploy Swisspearl fibre cement cladding boards to replace hanging cladding tiles in a similar colour to the roof (mid/dark grey).
Brynkerry Back Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7XB
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0167/PIP
Application for Permission in Principle for up to 5 detached dwelling houses.
Old Hollow Farm Old Hollow Lane Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8DU
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0168/FUL
Variation of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and removal of condition 8 of planning permission 2019/0056/FUL relating to landscaping, ecology & archaeology.
Abbey Farm Caravan Park Abbey Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TX
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0169/FUL
Rear extension to existing property
Woodley Firswood Road Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8UT
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0170/CON
Approval of details reserved by condition no 6 of planning permission 2023/0427/FUL relating to Drainage Layout Plan.
7 Granville Park Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DS
Received 26 Feb 2024 - DecidedT/2024/0015/TCA
Cypress (T1) - Dismantle fell and grind Laurel (T2) - Dismantle fell.
4 Ashfield Terrace Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9AG
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided2024/0171/FUL
Variation of condition 8 of planning permission 2022/1210/FUL relating to completion date of works.
Land Adjacent The Old School Higher Lane Dalton Wigan Lancashire WN8 7RA
Received 23 Feb 2024 - DecidedT/2024/0027/TPO
Larch (T3) - Drain damage from roots - Fell and grind. A large root system is causing obstruction under a large manhole, if root removed will destabilize the tree and therefore only suitable solution is to remove the tree and the root
6 Springwood Drive Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1XB
Received 27 Feb 2024 - DecidedT/2024/0016/TCA
S211- Crown Thin, Crown Lift and a general reduction from the property.
1 Aspinall Crescent Great Altcar Liverpool Lancashire L37 5AJ
Received 27 Feb 2024
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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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