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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
10,986Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 9,820 approved or refused records
1,541Refused applications

8,279 approved · 1,541 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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. DecidedT/2023/0143/TPO

    T1 Sycamore- Fell

    School House 83 Lord Sefton Way Great Altcar Liverpool Lancashire L37 5AE

    Received 25 Sept 2023
  2. DecidedT/2023/0144/TPO

    T1 Sycamore- FellT2 Oak- Fell or Crown

    Lancashire Sun Society Hazel Grove Sandy Lane Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SX

    Received 25 Sept 2023
  3. Decided2023/0872/FUL

    Proposed side extension above garage

    44 Drummersdale Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RB

    Received 26 Sept 2023
  4. Decided2023/0873/FUL

    Erection of gateposts, gates and railings to front of Holly House.

    Holly House Southport Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RH

    Received 26 Sept 2023
  5. Decided2023/0874/FUL

    Single storey side extension following the demolition of existing conservatory

    6 Wigan Road Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6HZ

    Received 26 Sept 2023
  6. DecidedT/2023/0145/TPO

    T5 Ash Crown reduction by 20% lift lower branches to keep a 3m clearance from the fence line T6 Oak .Crown reduction by 20% lift lower branches to keep a 3m clearance from the fence lineT7 Oak Crown reduction by 20% lift lower branches to keep a 3m clearance from the fence line.T9 Oak Crown reduction by 20% lift lower branches to keep a 3m clearance from the fence lineReasons (All Trees): Remove low nuisance branches and encroachment, close to houses, and maintain in interest of good silver cultural practice

    4 Highfield Close Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6NN

    Received 26 Sept 2023
  7. Decided2023/0875/FUL

    Single story rear extension and insertion of window in side elevation

    23 Pine Avenue Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2YP

    Received 27 Sept 2023
  8. Decided2023/0876/CON

    Approval of details reserved by condition no's 3,4,5,6,11,12,13,15,17,18,20 and 21 of planning permission 2022/0554/FUL relating to the alteration to the materials, site section drawings, EV charging information, landscaping and boundary treatments, noise, construction phase, highway works and drainage.

    T Ascroft & Sons Ltd 2 - 4 The Marshes Lane Mere Brow Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JT

    Received 27 Sept 2023
  9. Decided2023/0877/FUL

    Demolition of glasshouse and erection of glasshouses.

    416 Moss Lane Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6XJ

    Received 26 Sept 2023
  10. DecidedT/2023/0081/TCA

    T1 - Cypress - Remove.Reasons - To reduce shading to understory broadleaf trees, flora and fauna.

    The Gables Parbold Hill Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7TQ

    Received 4 Sept 2023
  11. Decided2023/0879/LDP

    Cerficate of Lawfulness: Construct 10 parking spaces on Northfield for St James Primary School

    Land To The North Of Northfield Skelmersdale Lancashire

    Received 27 Sept 2023
  12. Decided2023/0880/FUL

    Single storey rear extension and associated alterations

    Tyrers Barn Wood Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BW

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  13. Decided2023/0881/LBC

    Single storey rear extension and associated alterations

    Tyrers Barn Wood Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BW

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  14. Decided2023/0882/LDC

    Certificate of Lawfulness: Confirmation that condition no. 1 of planning permission 2016/1136/FUL dated 10.03.2017 has been complied with.

    The Water Tower Tower Hill Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EE

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  15. Decided2023/0883/FUL

    Proposed two storey side extension with loft conversion with dormers to front and rear. Side walls to be built up as gable walls. Existing rear extension flat roof to be removed and replaced with pitched roof. Front elevation extension with pitched roof to match existing.

    190 Liverpool Road South Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7RF

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  16. Decided2023/0885/FUL

    Proposal to retain 7 no. Air Source Heat pumps supplying the existing wet radiator heating system, to be enclosed within a 2.6 m high acoustic fence.

    Hesketh With Becconsall All Saints C Of E Primary School Shore Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6RD

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  17. DecidedT/2023/0082/TCA

    T1 Ash tree in front drive with Ash dieback dropping limbs.

    51 St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QW

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  18. DecidedT/2023/0083/TCA

    T1 Eucalyptus- Fell

    53 St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QW

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  19. DecidedLCC/2023/0033

    County Application - Change of use from agriculturural to sui generis (waste management/recycling - sorting, storage and distribution of non-hazardous waste and two containers.

    Bank Farm 40 Martin Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RT

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  20. DecidedT/2023/0084/TCA

    T1, Tag No 1708 - Common beech - Crown reduce the tree by removing no more then 3 meters from the height and width. Pruning secondary branches only and to a suitable pruning point.

    Beech Tree House Hall Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9EW

    Received 29 Sept 2023
  21. Decided2023/0886/FUL

    Bay window with no alteration to existing brickworks - a new three piece UPVC formed window in white.

    33 Skelmersdale Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0EZ

    Received 29 Sept 2023
  22. Decided2023/0887/CON

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 14 and 15 of planning permission 2022/0438/FUL relating to site Investigations, shallow coal mining, drainage, hardstanding, external hard landscaping materials and soft landscaping.

    Ashurst Garage And Signs Wood Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9SQ

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  23. Decided2023/0888/PNP

    Consideration of details - Erection of Agricultural Storage Building.

    Land At New Cut Lane Halsall Lancashire PR8 3DL

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  24. Decided2023/0889/FUL

    Single storey rear extension

    Walkdene Ash Brow Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7NG

    Received 2 Oct 2023

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