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St Josephs Conference Centre College Road Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0QE

2025/1091/NMANon Material Amendment (s96A)Refused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Non Material Amendment REFUSEDNon Material Amendment 28 days

Proposal

Non-material amendment(s) to planning permission 2002/0689 - Re-alignment of internal access road, updates to tree protection & tree removal, reconfiguration of practice green area.

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Non Material Amendment 28 days
Ward
Up Holland Ward
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at St Josephs Conference Centre College Road Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0QE. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

69% of amendment 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 0QE
Application type
Non Material Amendment (s96A)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Up Holland

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Ship Canal House 98 King Street Manchester North West England M2 4WU

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Jones

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14566638
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: West Lancashire
  • 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, 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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