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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.
10,759 approved · 1,902 refused · 690 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Dec 2007 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Up Holland High School Sandbrook Road Orrell Wigan Lancashire WN5 7AL
Received 4 Mar 2026Sisters Of Notre Dame Convent Lancaster Lane Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7HT
Received 4 Mar 202626 Mere Brow Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JP
Received 5 Mar 20262 Bescar Brow Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9QG
Received 5 Mar 202697 Crosshall Brow Westhead Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JE
Received 6 Mar 2026Moss Side Farm Moss Side Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6LD
Received 6 Mar 2026Rigbys Farm Back Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7UQ
Received 9 Mar 2026The Hermitage Flash Lane Rufford Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SW
Received 9 Mar 2026Land And Buildings Adjoining 184 Moss Lane Hesketh Bank Lancashire
Received 9 Mar 202644 Redgate Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3NP
Received 9 Mar 2026Woodbine Cottage Butchers Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6SY
Received 9 Mar 2026Earnsdale Vale Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JH
Received 9 Mar 2026161 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4SN
Received 6 Mar 202620 Winifred Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DJ
Received 9 Mar 2026Land Adjacent 151 Hall Lane Simonswood Lancashire
Received 9 Mar 202688 Hallbridge Gardens Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0ER
Received 9 Mar 202612 Maesbrook Close Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8FF
Received 9 Mar 2026Claremont Ruff Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4UP
Received 10 Mar 20262 Alderbrook Drive Parbold Wigan Lancashire WN8 7HF
Received 10 Mar 2026Bank House Gorst Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RS
Received 10 Mar 2026Brynkerry Back Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7XB
Received 10 Mar 20261 Elmsfield Park Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6TJ
Received 11 Mar 2026Ormskirk Hospital Energy Centre Ormskirk General Hospital Wigan Road Ormskirk L39 2AZ
Received 11 Mar 202671 Long Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5AS
Received 11 Mar 2026Records 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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