Planning application
1 Top Acre Road Digmoor Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9NT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed change of use from C3 to C2 childrens home for the care of one child aged between 7-17 years.
As published by the council, reference 2024/0960/LDP
Application record
- Reference
- 2024/0960/LDP
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) Permitted
- Received
- 11 Nov 2024
- Validated
- 18 Nov 2024
- Decided
- 23 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Skelmersdale South Ward
- Parish
- Unparished - Skelmersdale
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WN8 9NT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2024
Received by Sefton
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18 Nov 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) Permitted
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7 Sep 2026
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4 documents on file for this application
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Sefton granted permission on 23 December 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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