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Firswood Nursery Old Engine Lane Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8UZ

2025/0653/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 September 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Forward porch and two storey rear extension, following the demolition of existing conservatory. Garage conversion along with side extension and first floor addition.

Received
25 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
Agent
RJG Architecture LTD
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Firswood Nursery Old Engine Lane Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8UZ. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 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. 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 8UZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lathom South

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2025
Consultation expiry
23 August 2025
Consultation start
31 July 2025
Consultation end
21 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RJG Architecture LTD
Architect profile
RJG ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
The Stables Pasture Lane Business Centre St. Helens WA10 8PU

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14205209
Documents
13

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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