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Greystone Farm Hall Lane Bispham Wigan Lancashire WN8 7BD

2026/0564/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 November 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)12 conditions

Proposal

Proposed alterations and extensions to Greystone Farm.

Received
1 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural North East Ward
Agent
Peter Dickinson Architects
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 128 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Greystone Farm Hall Lane Bispham Wigan Lancashire WN8 7BD. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 10 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 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 7BD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bispham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2026
Consultation expiry
26 July 2026
Consultation start
3 July 2026
Consultation end
26 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Peter Dickinson Architects
Agent address
169 Appley Lane North APPLEY BRIDGE WN6 9DX

Planning decision

Case officer
Kieran Payne

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15047240
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: West Lancashire
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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