16 Rowan Lane Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6UL
Approved on 21 May 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Single storey rear extension, with roof lighting. Erection of dormer at rear elevation.
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Skelmersdale North Ward
- Agent
- Studio 256 Design
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation19 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 16 Rowan Lane Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6UL. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in the Lyddington conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. 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.
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
- Postcode
- WN8 6UL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Studio 256 Design
- Architect profile
- STUDIO 256 DESIGN LTD
- Agent address
- Unit 256 Slater Studios 5-9 Slater Street Liverpool L1 4BW United Kingdom
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14642975
- Documents
- 19
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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