Land At The Concourse Shopping Centre Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LT
Refused on 27 October 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSED2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Erection of Class E(b) restaurant / Sui Generis (takeaway) drive-thru pod with associated car parking and landscaping works.
- Received
- 30 September 2026
- Ward
- Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Ward
- ReceivedReceived30 Sep
- ValidatedValidated30 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Oct
Decided in 27 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Land At The Concourse Shopping Centre Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LT. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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 17 applications across Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Ward. We hold 347 applications in total for the WN8 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- The provision of an additional drive-thru hot food takeaway in this location would fail to promote healthy communities or improve community wellbeing in this part of the borough, contrary to the aims of Chapter 16 and Policy HC5 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The proposed development, by virtue of its siting and design, would fail to relate well to or integrate successfully with its surroundings and would have a harmful visual impact on the character and appearance of the area, as a result of the loss of the green space and overdevelopment of the site. As such, the proposal is contrary to Chapter 14 and Policy DP3 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Policies SP2 and GN3 of the West Lancashire Local Plan Development Plan Document 2012-2027.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- WN8 6LT
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 September 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Ian Griffin
Additional information
- 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.
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Source: West Lancashire
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