Ravenhead Works Chequer Lane Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0DD
Approved on 19 December 2025
Council decision: Development IS EIA developmentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Screening Opinion - on the need or otherwise for an Environmental Impact Assessment [EIA] in respect of the proposed residential-led redevelopment of the former Ravenhead Brick Works Factory.
- Received
- 7 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Up Holland Ward
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation3 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Ravenhead Works Chequer Lane Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0DD. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks 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.
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 0DD
- Application type
- Screening Opinion (EIA)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Up Holland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Lichfields Ship Canal House 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU
Breck Homes Limited
Company number 10621017
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 Feb 2017 (9 years old)
- Nature of business
- Development of building projects
- Registered office
- Preston
1 other planning application by this company in Kirklees.
- 2026/92769 · Kirklees · East of, Hunsworth Lane, East Bierley, BD4 6RL
Company information from Companies House.
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- SSSI: Ravenhead Brickworks SSSIPart of the site
- 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 (20)
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, 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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Source: West Lancashire
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