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West Lancashire NHS Trust Ormskirk General Hospital Wigan Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2AZ

2026/0208/PNRPrior Notification-Renewable EnergyApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: PNR Details ApprovedPrior Notification 56 days

Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required for the proposed - Roof-Mounted Solar photovolatics.

Received
18 March 2026
Decision level
Prior Notification 56 days
Ward
Ormskirk East Ward
Agent
Veolia ES (UK) Ltd
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at West Lancashire NHS Trust Ormskirk General Hospital Wigan Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2AZ. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. 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
18 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation start
31 March 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Veolia ES (UK) Ltd
Agent address
kingswood house kingswood cresent cannock ws118jp United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Wayne Daly

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14790831
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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