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Units 6 - 12 Seddon Place Stanley Industrial Estate Skelmersdale Lancashire

2025/0917/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 January 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed single storey industrial unit, with open sided canopy, to front of existing 'Unit 10'. Demolition of existing single storey steel framed structure to facilitate the construction of a single storey industrial unit to the rear of 'Unit 6'. Construction of an abatement plant to the side of 'Unit 6'. This is a small scale structure but does have a 9m chimney projecting through the roof. First floor alterations within unit 8. External works to standardise the existing pedestrian routes to the front of the units.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Skelmersdale North Ward
Agent
Graham Schofield Associates
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Units 6 - 12 Seddon Place Stanley Industrial Estate Skelmersdale Lancashire. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 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 19 applications across Skelmersdale North Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2025
Consultation expiry
18 December 2025
Consultation start
26 November 2025
Consultation end
17 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Graham Schofield Associates
Agent address
Suite 3 Balfour Court Off Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TF

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14323600
Documents
24

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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