Planning application
Land At The Concourse Shopping Centre Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LT
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of Class E(b) restaurant / Sui Generis (takeaway) drive-thru pod with associated car parking and landscaping works.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0700/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0700/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 19 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- WN8 6LT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Aug 2026
Received by Sefton
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21 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 October 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Proposed
- Application form - without personal data
- Covering letter
- Design and access statement
- Planning statement
- Drainage statement
- Transport statement
- Ecological appraisal
- Preliminary risk assessment
- Flood and surface water
- Risk management/coal mining report
- Nano street lighting information
- Installation, operation and maintenance instruction
- Digital inverter information
- Exhaust ventilation systems information
- Insulated duct fans information
- The location plan
- Existing
- Proposed
- Proposed
- Proposed
- Landscaping plan
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list 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
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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