Ravenhead Quarry, Chequer Lane, Up Holland, WN8 0DD
Approved on 15 July 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
Use of alternative access from Chequer Lane by restoration vehicles and construction of ramped access into Ravenhead Quarry.
- Received
- 24 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lancashire County Council
- Ward
- SKELMERSDALE EAST
- ReceivedReceived24 Sep
- ValidatedValidated6 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 282 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Ravenhead Quarry, Chequer Lane, Up Holland, WN8 0DD. Lancashire has handled 386 applications of this type. This one was decided in 294 days, 30 weeks longer than Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 347 applications in total for the WN8 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- WN8 0DD
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- UP HOLLAND
- District
- West Lancashire Borough Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 11, Well House Barns Chester Road Bretton, Chester CH4 0DH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Peter Gittins
Additional information
- Documents
- 35
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- SSSI: Ravenhead Brickworks SSSIPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Lancashire
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Condition BNG on the decision asks for this.
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