18 Douglas Avenue Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0NY
Refused on 25 November 2025
Council decision: Cert of Lawful (PROPOSED) Not PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness proposed erection of small (10' x 8') portable pod/shed at the bottom of the drive to be used for dog grooming.
- Received
- 29 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Up Holland Ward
- ReceivedReceived29 Oct
- ValidatedValidated29 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Nov
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at 18 Douglas Avenue Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0NY. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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.
76% of outline 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 0NY
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Up Holland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202631 Mar
Approval of details reserved by condition no's 3, 5 & 6 of planning permission 2025/1093/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/0277/CON - 202522 Dec
Erection of small (10 feet x 8 feet) portable dog grooming shed/pod at the bottom of the drive of residential…
ApprovedFull Planning Application2025/1093/FUL
Source: West Lancashire
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