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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.
8,285 approved · 1,541 refused · 495 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Market Cross 26 Church Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3AN
Received 10 Oct 2023Croft Cottage Tabbys Nook Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7LN
Received 10 Oct 202338 Winifred Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DJ
Received 10 Oct 2023The Coppice 5 Douglas Avenue Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6RQ
Received 10 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To 91 Blackgate Lane Tarleton Lancashire
Received 11 Oct 2023Brandreth House Brandreth Delph Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AQ
Received 11 Oct 2023Fairholme Quarry Drive Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5BQ
Received 12 Oct 202355 St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QW
Received 12 Oct 202345 Long Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AS
Received 12 Oct 2023The Royal British Legion Lord Street Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BZ
Received 12 Oct 2023Smithy Lane Farm Smithy Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6SS
Received 12 Oct 2023Balls Farm Marsh Road Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8DY
Received 12 Oct 2023Langleys Farm Martin Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RU
Received 12 Oct 202368 Cottage Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3NG
Received 13 Oct 2023Bewicks Barn Tarlscough Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RJ
Received 13 Oct 2023Gro Well Salads Chestnut Lea Nurseries Blackgate Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6UT
Received 13 Oct 2023116 Hall Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9QF
Received 13 Oct 2023Allied Business Centre Potter Place West Pimbo Up Holland Lancashire WN8 9PH
Received 13 Oct 20235 Rosehill Drive Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AA
Received 13 Oct 2023Hundred End House Hundred End Lane Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6XL
Received 16 Oct 202312 Dunning Grove Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7AP
Received 16 Oct 2023Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9AE
Received 17 Oct 202338 School Lane Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0LW
Received 17 Oct 2023Land Adjacent M58 Moss Lane Skelmersdale Lancashire
Received 17 Oct 2023Records 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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