Whelmar House Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire
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Proposal
Part conversion of building: mixed use development: conversion of third, fourth and fifth floors of building from offices to 27 apartments
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- Mason and Marlowe Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application at Whelmar House Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre 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
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 27
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mason and Marlowe Ltd
- Architect profile
- MASON AND MARLOWE LTD
- Agent address
- Colony, 5 Piccadilly Place MANCHESTER M1 3BR United Kingdom
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14626096
- Documents
- 29
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.
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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