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1 Manor House Drive Crawford Village Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9QZ

2025/1092/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Erection of a single-storey garden room, for use as a golf simulator.

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Up Holland Ward
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 1 Manor House Drive Crawford Village Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9QZ. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 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 67 applications across Up Holland Ward. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development conflicts with Policy GN1 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012 - 2027 and the NPPF in that the proposed outbuilding would, in accumulation with other existing structures and extensions on site, result in a significant increase in volume to the original dwelling and is therefore considered to be inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances provided which would outweigh the harm identified.
  2. The proposed development conflicts with Policy GN3 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012 - 2027 and Supplementary Planning Document 'Design Guide' (Jan 2008) in that the design would result in a highly prominent and incongruous addition that would detract from the character and appearance of the main dwelling and the surrounding area.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WN8 9QZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Up Holland

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
30 January 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
30 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
NAPC
Agent address
Suite 121 Watermoor Point Watermoor Road Cirencester GL7 1LF United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14580882
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: West LancashirePart 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, 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

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© 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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