Planning applications in West Lancashire
Last application update 24 Sept 2026
See what's happening with planning in West Lancashire: 5467 planning applications tracked so far.
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Status breakdown
Other (1309)
- Granted with conditions1054
- Withdrawn253
- Unresolved2
Latest notices
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White Rails Farmhouse Asmall Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 8RA
GrantedProposed single-storey rear extension and internal alterations. Conversion of attached outbuilding to provide dressing and wetroom for disabled occupant.
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White Rails Farmhouse Asmall Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 8RA
GrantedListed Building Consent - Proposed single-storey rear extension and internal alterations to listed building. Conversion of attached outbuilding to provide…
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6 - 8 Aughton Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3BW
GrantedAdvertisement consent - External Projecting and Fascia signs, internally illuminated Directory of Services and Window posters.
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24 Lord Street Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BZ
GrantedCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Change of use from C3 Dwelling to a C2 Children's Home for the care of one child.
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255 Long Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5BY
GrantedNon Material Amendment to planning permission 2026/0475/FUL: alteration to the rear extension - pitched roof to flat roof with glass lantern
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Gorsey Bank Rainford Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0HF
GrantedApplication for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Extension of dwellinghouse. Extension extends beyond the rear wall of the…
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45 Hants Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1PX
GrantedCertificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Children's Care Home for 1 child C2 Use
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201 Egerton Tanhouse Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6AB
Granted with conditionsApproval of details reserved by condition no 5 on the decision notice regarding 2023/0975/FUL , relating to the full specification of materials to be used.
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Dresser House Gillibrands Road Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9TA
Granted with conditionsApproval of details reserved by condition no's 6, 12, 13 & 14 of planning permission 2023/1078/FUL relating to Bird boxes and off-site highway works.
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Land To The West Of Neverstitch Road Skelmersdale Lancashire
GrantedNon-material amendment(s) to planning permission 2020/1267/FUL - relating to boundary treatments.
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Land To The West Of Neverstitch Road Skelmersdale Lancashire
GrantedNon Material Amendment to condition 2 (approved plans), condition 15 (landscape works to accord with approved plans) and condition 17 (Arboricultural Method…
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J And J Thompson And Sons 390 Moss Lane Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6XJ
GrantedFull planning application for the erection of a new glasshouse, replacement and extension of existing glasshouses, and associated operational improvements…
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20 Winifred Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5DJ
GrantedPart 2 storey and single storey rear extension
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1 Thornhill Close Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5HB
UndecidedRemoval of partially dead cherry tree to ground level.
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The Barn Scarisbrick Park Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RZ
UndecidedTo fell the Silver Birch Tree. The tree has clearly died and large pieces of its branches are now falling into the garden and parking area causing a risk of…
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Bannister House Farm The Marshes Lane Mere Brow Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JR
RefusedApplication for Determination as to whether Prior Approval is Required for Details - Erection of agricultural storage building.
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Danshaven Back Moss Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BD
GrantedLawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Use of property as C2 Residential Home For one child/young person supported by 2 non -resident carers at all times.
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Lower Wrennalls House Coopers Lane Hilldale Heskin Chorley Lancashire PR7 5PU
WithdrawnProposed Stable block.
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Land At Rothwell Drive Aughton Lancashire
WithdrawnThe proposed development for this site is for the addition of 9 communal parking bays to Rothwell Drive, Aughton.
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93A - 93F Burscough Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EL
RefusedReplacement of all external timber doors and windows with like-for-like units, replicating original proportions, detailing, and finishes. Doors will include…
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93A - 93F Burscough Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EL
RefusedListed Building Consent -The proposed works involve replacing all external timber doors and windows with like-for-like units, replicating original proportions,…
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Land To The East Of Prescot Road Aughton Lancashire
UndecidedApproval of details reserved by conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14 & 22 of planning permission 2025/0565/FUL relating to BNG, drainage strategy, surface…
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Mole Hall 8 Holland Moss Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9PZ
UndecidedCertificate of Lawfulness - C3 Use of Mobile Home and Land to the north-west of Mole Hall, 8 Holland Moss, Skelmersdale, WN8 9PZ.
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Land To The East Of Prescot Road Aughton Lancashire
UndecidedApproval of details reserved by conditions 9 & 18 of planning permission 2025/0565/FUL relating to a Construction Management Plan and Construction…
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Kennels Wellcross Farm 123 Tower Hill Road Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0DT
UndecidedProposed alterations and extension to an existing kennel building, including the provision of a new pitched roof and erection of a new 13-compartment kennel…
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Kennels Wellcross Farm 123 Tower Hill Road Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0DT
UndecidedProposed change of use of Existing Access Track to Provide Vehicular Access to the Approved Dog Exercise Field
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4 Ivy Cottages Clieves Hills Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7HP
GrantedConstruction of an infill extension to connect the host dwelling to the existing outbuilding at the rear, following demolition of the existing rear extension,…
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Weaver House Bridge 10 Morris Lane Halsall Ormskirk Lancashire L39 8SX
GrantedConversion of garage into living accommodation, a single storey extension and the erection of a detached domestic outbuilding containing a single garage, gym…
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Gornalls Farm Sandy Lane Holmeswood Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1UF
UndecidedApplication for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Class Q - Change of use from agricultural building to dwellinghouse (and…
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24 Station Road Barton Downholland Ormskirk Lancashire L39 7JN
UndecidedSiting of a mobile caravan annex to provide ancillary residential accommodation.
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How to comment on a planning application in West Lancashire
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