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42 Melbreck Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6SZ

2026/0113/LDPLawful Development Cert. (proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 April 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) -Use of property as C2 residential care home for one child/young person supported by 2 non-resident carers at all times. (SEE PLANNING STATEMENT FOR DESCRIPTION OF THE PROP0SED DEVELOPMENT)

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Skelmersdale North Ward
Agent
Mike Sibthorp Planning
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 42 Melbreck Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6SZ. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days 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 19 applications across Skelmersdale North 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 6SZ
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Young

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14688040
Documents
7

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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