Bates Green Cottage Dickets Lane Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8UH

1. 23 Oct 2024

   Received by West Lancashire

2. 28 Nov 2024

   Decision issued: Permission in Principle Refused

3. 15 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

• Appeal: 2025/0005/01 (Allowed)

West Lancashire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Bates Green Cottage Dickets Lane Lathom Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8UH

  2024/0903/PIP Submitted 23 Oct 2024 50 yards away

  Application for permission in principle to erect up to 2no dwelling houses.

  Refused Outline 1 doc
  Several homes

• Warbreck Garden Centre Lyelake Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JW

  2021/0618/CON Submitted 4 May 2021 250 yards away

  Approval of details reserved by condition no.3 of planning permission 2019/1066/FUL relating to foul and surface water drainage.

  Granted Conditions 2 docs

• Warbreck Garden Centre Lyelake Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JW

  2021/0618/CON Submitted 4 May 2021 250 yards away

  Approval of details reserved by condition no.3 of planning permission 2019/1066/FUL relating to foul and surface water drainage.

  Granted Conditions 2 docs

• Cotlea 187 Wigan Road Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JN

  2024/0781/FUL Submitted 16 Sep 2024 0.3 miles away

  Change of use from agricultural land to domestic garden

  Refused Full applications 3 docs

• Cotlea 187 Wigan Road Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JN

  2024/0781/FUL Submitted 16 Sep 2024 0.3 miles away

  Change of use from agricultural land to domestic garden

  Refused Full applications 3 docs

• Shireoaks Wigan Road Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JN

  2025/0808/FUL Submitted 19 Sep 2025 0.3 miles away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~17 Nov

  Retrospective - Change of use of land to a 3 pitch (6 statics) family gypsy & traveller site.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 29 docs

• 2026/0852/OUT Awaiting decision

  Former Old Toby Inn Ashurst Road Ashurst Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6XN

  Outline planning permission for the redevelopment of the former Old Toby Inn site to provide a 100-bedroom residential care home (Use Class C2), including reconstruction of the former Old Toby Inn...

  Received 9 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Outline
• 2026/0715/OUT Awaiting decision

  The Glebe 44 Coe Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6HH

  Outline Application - Erection of four two-storey detached dwellings and associated new highways access and landscaping etc following the demolition of the existing property (Some Matters Reserved).

  Received 27 Aug, published by the council 4 Sep 2026 Outline
• 2026/0710/PIP Awaiting decision

  Hunters Brook Bentley Lane Hilldale Mawdesley Chorley Lancashire PR7 5PY

  Permission in principle application for the construction of one dwelling.

  Received 24 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Outline
• 2026/0224/OUT Withdrawn

  326 Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6RS

  Outline planning application for the demolition of existing bungalow and erection of replacement dwelling (all Matters reserved)

  Received 20 Mar, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Outline
• 2026/0092/PIP Refused

  Land To The North Of Hall Road Scarisbrick Lancashire

  Application for permission in principle for up to 9 dwelling houses.

  Received 5 Feb, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Outline