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Highfield Tears Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7UA

2026/0641/LDPLawful Development Cert. (proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 August 2026

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Single-storey extensions to sides and rear of existing detached single-storey dwelling. Refer to drawings ref: 356BD02

Received
29 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural North East Ward
Agent
Matt Wood : Architect Ltd
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Highfield Tears Lane Newburgh Wigan Lancashire WN8 7UA. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 154 applications across Rural North East 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 7UA
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newburgh

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Matt Wood : Architect Ltd
Architect profile
MATT WOOD ARCHITECT LIMITED
Agent address
16 Spinney Close Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4ST

Planning decision

Case officer
Mason Brown

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15084127
Documents
4

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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