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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 dates11,170Searchable applications
404Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 9,986 approved or refused records
1,565Refused applications
8,421 approved · 1,565 refused · 507 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided2024/0482/ADV
Advertisement Consent - 2no. BoyleSports internally illuminated fascia signs and 1no. Boyle sports internally illuminated projecting sign
47-49 The Concourse Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LJ
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0483/CON
Approval of details reserved by condition no 15 of planning permission 2022/0642/FUL relating to street maintenance.
Land To The South Of Chancel Way Burscough Lancashire
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0484/FUL
Erection of 3no. townhouses following demolition of existing vacant dwelling on site plus external works and associated landscaping
198 Burscough Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EY
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0485/LDP
Erection of a single storey detached double garage on the site.
Site Of Former Paynton Higher Lane Dalton Lancashire WN8 7RP
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0486/LDP
Change of use of existing vacant (E) Retail unit to a restaurant/takeaway (E/ sui generis)
11 Gladden Place Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9SX
Received 4 Jun 2024 - DecidedT/2024/0071/TPO
T1 Ash. Deadwood over highway and garden. Reduce large heavily weighted lateral limbs as a form of ADB Management.G1 Silver Birch. Approx 7 Birch, causing significant drainage and flooding issues along Lancaster Lane, that council are aware of.T2 Beech fell, one of two beech planted within close proximity of one another. Poor growth characteristics canopy not a full as counterpart. Remove to allow other beech to better develop. Black staining present on mainstem.T3 Sycamore Fell. Largely dead upper canopy over 30%, large included union, closely situated to highway.T4/T5, Alder fell, previously approved on LPA planning application, but now lapsed.T6 Oak. Reduce large single lateral limb heavily weighted/ lions tailed back to mainstem as no suitable growth point, previously approved on LPA planning application, but now lapsed.
Damstead Acre Miry Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7TA
Received 4 Jun 2024 - RegisteredPCL/2024/0001
Application for Temporary Pavement Caf� Licence
Mersey Vapour 15 Burscough Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EG
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0487/FUL
Erection of 2.4m high fence to enclose new pond and erection of 2.4m high fence to separate visitors from school buildings.
Elm Tree Community Primary School Elmers Wood Road Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6SA
Received 4 Jun 2024 - DecidedT/2024/0044/TCA
T1 cherry fell deadT2 maple crown lift to 5.5m to clear ground for delivery wagons. Crown reduce on building side to provide 2-3m clearanceG1 - 2 fire damaged beech fell for safety reasonsG2 - beech crown raise to 5.2m to clear carpark of low branchesG4 - beech crown raise group to 5.2m to clear carpark of low branches
The Red Lion 9 Ash Brow Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7NF
Received 4 Jun 2024 - DecidedT/2024/0072/TPO
T1 lime.Fell. Tree is a large mature lime growing less than 2m from neighbouring property. Client is concerned regarding liability given proximity and potential for future incremental damage to the property.The tree has already caused significant lifting of the clients drive which would be difficult to resolve even with a cellular confinement system in place.
209 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AE
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0488/PNH
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - extension of dwellinghouse. Extension extends beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 7.95m. Maximum height of the extension - 4.00m. Height of eaves of the extension - 3.45m.
Little Hall Farm 52 Cottage Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3NJ
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0489/FUL
Change of use of land to a dog walking / exercise field.
Land To The East Of Guide Road Hesketh Bank Lancashire
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0490/CON
Approval of details reserved by condition no. 3 of planning permission 2022/1173/FUL relating to Materials.
Stoneleigh 52C Chorley Road Hilldale Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AS
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0491/LDC
Certificate of Lawfulness -Continued use of caravan positioned within curtilage of the site to be used as ancillary to main house for family members only.
Moss View Boundary Meanygate Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6AL
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0492/PIP
Application for Permission in Principle - up to 2no dwelling houses.
Firtree Nurseries Holmeswood Road Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1TY
Received 31 May 2024 - Decided2024/0493/FUL
Installation of services compound to include Generator, LN2 Gas Tank, Gas Bottle Store, Substation and Switching Room along with a bin and bio-store.
Edge Hill University St Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0494/LDC
Certificate of Lawfulness - Residential.
Park Produce Headlands Hall Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5UW
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0495/LDP
Single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
127 Glovers Way Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5AA
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0496/FUL
Single storey extension to side elevation of dwelling with dropped kerb access and hard paving of existing loose stoned driveway to the front.
57 Red Cat Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RA
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0497/FUL
Retrospective yoga facility including hardstanding, creation of wildflower meadows, wildlife pond and planting of orchard. Change of use of land to accommodate beekeeping uses and provision of outdoor yoga and hollistic therapies.
Land To The Rear Of 3 Broad Lane Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HS
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0498/LDP
Garage Conversion
21 Warpers Moss Close Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4LQ
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0499/FUL
Proposal for single storey side extension to an existing bungalow.
44 Narrow Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5EW
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0501/NMA
Non-Material Amendment - Plot 1 dwelling positioning set back in order to miss the 6 metre pipeline easement (Resubmission of 2023/0332/NMA)
Land Adjacent To Lindsay Cottage Crawford Road Crawford Village Up Holland Lancashire
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decided2024/0502/FUL
Single storey rear and side extension
53 County Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1QG
Received 6 Jun 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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