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Asco (UK) 2 Pit Hey Place West Pimbo Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9PG

2026/0132/PNDPrior Notification - DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 March 2026

Council decision: PND Details ApprovedPrior Notification 28 days1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for the demolition of Steel frame building.

Received
20 February 2026
Decision level
Prior Notification 28 days
Ward
Up Holland Ward
Agent
Meller Limited
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Asco (UK) 2 Pit Hey Place West Pimbo Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9PG. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 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 9PG
Application type
Prior Notification - Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Up Holland

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation expiry
17 March 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Meller Limited
Architect profile
MELLER LIMITED
Agent address
Meller Ltd, The Lace Mill 42 - 44 Derby Road Draycott Derby DE72 3NJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Henry

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14708446
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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