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95 Castlehey Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9DU

2024/0466/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 23 August 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed conversion of garage to form bedroom and wet room for disabled occupant that includes a rear single storey extension and external alterations that will include an extended hardstanding to the front and widening of existing dropped kerb access.

Received
29 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Skelmersdale South Ward
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 95 Castlehey Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9DU. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Skelmersdale South Ward. We hold 347 applications in total for the WN8 postcode area.

87% of full 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
WN8 9DU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2024
Consultation expiry
12 August 2024
Consultation start
22 July 2024
Consultation end
12 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
2 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
25 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FYCreatives 154-158 Chruch Street Blackpool FY1 3PS

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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