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Appley Bridge Biomass To Energy Ltd West Quarry Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9AQ

2023/0577/SCRScreening Opinion (EIA)Awaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Screening opinion- Solar Farm

Received
21 June 2023
Ward
Rural North East Ward
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Appley Bridge Biomass To Energy Ltd West Quarry Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9AQ. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 June 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 511 applications in total for the WN6 postcode area.

76% of outline applications at West Lancashire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WN6 9AQ
Application type
Screening Opinion (EIA)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Lancashire

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