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25 Danbers Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0DB

2026/0112/LDPLawful Development Cert. (proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Use of property as C2 Residential Care Home For one child/young person supported by 2 non-resident carers at all times.

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Up Holland Ward
Agent
Mike Sibthorp Planning
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 25 Danbers Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0DB. 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 0DB
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Up Holland

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mike Sibthorp Planning
Agent address
Mike Sibthorp Planning Logan House Lime Grove Grantham NG31 9JD

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14688031
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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