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128 Ledburn Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6TX

2026/0643/LDPLawful Development Cert. (proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 October 2026

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed use of Property to C2 Residential Care Home for one child/young person supported by 2 non -resident carers at all times.

Received
29 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Skelmersdale North Ward
Agent
Mike Sibthorp Planning
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 128 Ledburn Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6TX. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer 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 19 applications across Skelmersdale North Ward. We hold 347 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 6TX
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mike Sibthorp Planning
Agent address
Logan House Lime Grove Grantham NG31 9JD

Planning decision

Case officer
Mason Brown

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15117622
Documents
42

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Jul

    Certificate of Lawfulness for a an existing use of Property to C2 Residential Care Home for one child/young…

    RefusedApplicationFiled alongside2026/0643/LDC
  2. 2026
    30 Jul

    Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed use of Property to C2 Residential Care Home for one child/young…

    This applicationRefusedOutline2026/0643/LDP

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