Land At Blackthorn House Skull House Lane Appley Bridge Lancashire WN6 9DB
Approved on 27 July 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission with ConditionsPlanning committee
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Proposal
Proposed Erection of a Block of 7no Commercial Units (1no B8 unit above 6no flexible use units for B2/E(g)/B8 with ancillary retail)
- Received
- 21 May 2026
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Central
- Agent
- MWT Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 May
- ValidatedValidated22 May
- Consult.Consultation2 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Jul
Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land At Blackthorn House Skull House Lane Appley Bridge Lancashire WN6 9DB. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks 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 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 511 applications in total for the WN6 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
- WN6 9DB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MWT Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Sabrina Wong
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14829096
- Documents
- 56
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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© 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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