Planning application
128 Ledburn Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6TX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for a an existing use of Property to C2 Residential Care Home for one child/young person supported by 2 non -resident carers at all times.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0643/LDC
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0643/LDC
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert. (existing)
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 29 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Skelmersdale North Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WN8 6TX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sefton register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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2026/0643/LDP Awaiting decision
128 Ledburn Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6TX
Certificate of Lawfulness for a an existing use of Property to C2 Residential Care Home for one child/young person supported by 2 non -resident carers at all times.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jul 2026
Received by Sefton
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30 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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24 Sep 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 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 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Mike Sibthorp Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
131 applications on PlanIndex · across 14 councils · 83% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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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 lawful development applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
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128 Ledburn Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6TX
97% historically approved · decision due ~24 Sep
Certificate of Lawfulness for a an existing use of Property to C2 Residential Care Home for one child/young person supported by 2 non -resident carers at all times.
Awaiting decision Lawful development 8 docs -
128 Ledburn Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6TX
95% historically approved · decision due ~24 Sep
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed use of Property to C2 Residential Care Home for one child/young person supported by 2 non -resident carers at all times.
Awaiting decision Lawful development 6 docs -
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Non-material amendment to condition 10 discharged under 2020/0574/CON.
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Non-material amendment to condition 10 discharged under 2020/0574/CON.
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In Sefton
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2026/0232/LDP Granted
24 Lord Street Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BZ
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) - Change of use from C3 Dwelling to a C2 Children's Home for the care of one child.
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2026/0621/LDP Granted
45 Hants Lane Ormskirk Lancashire L39 1PX
Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Children's Care Home for 1 child C2 Use
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2026/0534/LDP Granted
Danshaven Back Moss Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BD
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Use of property as C2 Residential Home For one child/young person supported by 2 non -resident carers at all times.
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2026/0604/LDC Refused
Brymar Higher Lane Dalton Wigan Lancashire WN8 7RP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Relating to the use of the site edged red on Plan 1. The buildings have been, and continue to be, used for domestic storage purposes, the land has been, and continues to be, used as residential amenity, both ancillary to the dwelling known as Brymar, Higher Lane, Dalton, WN8 7RP.
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2026/0759/LDC Awaiting decision
Mole Hall 8 Holland Moss Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9PZ
Certificate of Lawfulness - C3 Use of Mobile Home and Land to the north-west of Mole Hall, 8 Holland Moss, Skelmersdale, WN8 9PZ.