Planning application
130 Sandy Lane Centre Sandy Lane Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8LH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The proposed change of use of the existing commercial premises from a photography studio, Use Class E to a dog grooming salon also use class E. The premises will operate as a small-scale, appointment-based dog grooming business providing professional pet grooming services.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0501/LDP
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0501/LDP
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) Permitted
- Received
- 15 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 30 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Old Skelmersdale Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WN8 8LH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jun 2026
Received by Sefton
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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30 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) Permitted
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
- Officers recommendation report
- Cert of law (proposed) permitted
- Application form - without personal data
- The location plan
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Sefton granted permission on 30 July 2026, 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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