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Blythewood Digmoor Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9EN

Awaiting decision Sefton 2024/0967/PND Prior Notification - Demolition

Works: Demolition

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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for the demolition of 6 x 3 storey apartment blocks with internal garages to the ground floor and very low pitch roofs. The blocks are numbered 134-209 and are mixture of blockwork and render.

As published by the council, reference 2024/0967/PND

Application record

Reference
2024/0967/PND
Type
Prior Notification - Demolition
Status
Registered
Received
12 Nov 2024
Validated
12 Nov 2024
Ward
Skelmersdale South Ward
Decision by
Prior Notification 28 days
Postcode
WN8 9EN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Nov 2024

    Received by Sefton

  2. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 7 January 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Sefton took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

John McCall Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Liverpool

Active · incorporated 2000 · Liverpool

107 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 99% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

15 documents on file for this application

  • Meas Consultation response · 09 Oct 2025
  • Meas Consultation response · 09 Oct 2025
  • Meas Consultation response · 09 Oct 2025
  • Proposed highway stopping-up Consultation response (Highways) · 04 Dec 2024
  • Cadent gas Consultation response · 25 Nov 2024
  • Cadent gas email Consultation response · 25 Nov 2024
  • Merseyside and west lancashire bat group Consultation response · 22 Nov 2024
  • Application form - without personal data Application Form · 12 Nov 2024
  • Demolition plan Plans · 12 Nov 2024
  • Arboricultural impact statement Surveys / Reports · 12 Nov 2024
  • Outline demolition method statement Miscellaneous · 12 Nov 2024
  • Ecological report Surveys / Reports · 12 Nov 2024
  • The location plan Site Location Plan · 12 Nov 2024
  • Existing Site Layout Plan · 12 Nov 2024
  • Displayed site notice statement Miscellaneous · 12 Nov 2024

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Sefton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sefton decided prior approval applications in a median of 40 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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