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48 Carlton Avenue Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0AE

2025/0427/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 June 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed single storey front infill extension and conversion of existing integral garage to provide ground floor living accommodation for elderly relative.

Received
7 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Up Holland Ward
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.1 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jun

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 48 Carlton Avenue Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0AE. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 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 67 applications across Up Holland 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 0AE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Up Holland

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2025
Consultation expiry
1 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 June 2025

Appeal history

6001346
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 26 January 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13998504
Documents
6

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

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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