47 -49 The Concourse Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LJ
Approved on 26 July 2024
Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of units 47-49 Concourse Shopping Centre from Use Class E/ Sui Generis to Sui Generis (betting office) and external alterations.
- Received
- 3 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Ward
- ReceivedReceived3 Jun
- ValidatedValidated3 Jun
- Consult.Consultation1 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Jul
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 47 -49 The Concourse Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LJ. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker 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 17 applications across Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre 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 6LJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 10 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 1 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 July 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Lichfields, Ship Canal House 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13094265
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
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.
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