Northern Divers Building East Quarry Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Lancashire WN6 9AE
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Proposal
Change of use of land to car park, provision of widened sealed access, helipad, stoned parking area, 1.8m boundary security fence on highway/access boundary, and electric gates.
- Received
- 14 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural North East Ward
- Agent
- Sedgwick Associates
- ReceivedReceived14 Apr
- ValidatedValidated17 Apr
- Consult.Consultation11 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Northern Divers Building East Quarry Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Lancashire WN6 9AE. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 9AE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wrightington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Sedgwick Associates
- Agent address
- PO Box 237 Bolton BL1 9WY United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kerry Webster
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14844587
- Documents
- 24
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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© 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.
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Source: West Lancashire
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