Northern Packaging Uk Ltd Selby Place Stanley Industrial Estate Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8EF
Approved on 17 September 2026
Council decision: PDR Prior Approval NOT requiredPrior Notification 56 days
Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required for the proposed - Installation of Solar PV system totaling 100 kWp
- Received
- 23 July 2026
- Decision level
- Prior Notification 56 days
- Ward
- Skelmersdale North Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Jul
- ValidatedValidated23 Jul
- Consult.Consultation18 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Northern Packaging Uk Ltd Selby Place Stanley Industrial Estate Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8EF. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Skelmersdale North Ward. We hold 349 applications in total for the WN8 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
- WN8 8EF
- Application type
- Prior Notification-Renewable Energy
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 August 2026
- Consultation start
- 28 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Zestec Asset Management
- Agent address
- Wilson House, Office 203 2 Lorne Park Road Bournemouth Dorest BH1 1JN GB
Northern Packaging Limited
Company number 01471317
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 Jan 1980 (46 years old)
- Nature of business
- Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags
- Registered office
- Altrincham
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Wayne Daly
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15102140
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
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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