Ormskirk Hospital Energy Centre Ormskirk General Hospital Wigan Road Ormskirk L39 2AZ
Approved on 11 May 2026
Council decision: PDR Prior Approval NOT requiredPrior Notification 56 days
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Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required for the proposed installation of a roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV).
- Received
- 11 March 2026
- Decision level
- Prior Notification 56 days
- Ward
- Ormskirk East Ward
- Agent
- Veolia ES (UK) Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation21 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Ormskirk Hospital Energy Centre Ormskirk General Hospital Wigan Road Ormskirk L39 2AZ. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer 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 71 applications across Ormskirk East Ward. We hold 507 applications in total for the L39 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
- L39 2AZ
- Application type
- Prior Notification-Renewable Energy
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 31 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Veolia ES (UK) Ltd
- Agent address
- kingswood house kingswood cresent cannock West Midlands WS118JP
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Wayne Daly
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14768265
- Documents
- 6
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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