Planning application
Verge In Between Grimshaw Road Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6GG
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
The construction and operation of a micro battery storage project.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0571/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0571/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 3 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Skelmersdale South Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- WN8 6GG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Jul 2026
Received by Sefton
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7 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 September 2026, 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 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- Environmental protection
- United utilities
- Highways
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Site location plan
- Application form - without personal data
- Proposed
- Battery box 3d views
- Proposed
- Noise impact assessment
- Planning statement
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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 full applications in a median of 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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