Planning application
Blythewood Digmoor Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9EN
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for the demolition of 6 x 3 storey apartment blocks with internal garages to the ground floor and very low pitch roofs. The blocks are numbered 134-209 and are mixture of blockwork and render.
As published by the council, reference 2024/0967/PND
Application record
- Reference
- 2024/0967/PND
- Type
- Prior Notification - Demolition
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 12 Nov 2024
- Validated
- 12 Nov 2024
- Ward
- Skelmersdale South Ward
- Decision by
- Prior Notification 28 days
- Postcode
- WN8 9EN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Nov 2024
Received by West Lancashire
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 January 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Lancashire took a median of 71 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
John McCall Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Liverpool
Active · incorporated 2000 · Liverpool
107 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 99% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- Meas
- Meas
- Meas
- Proposed highway stopping-up
- Cadent gas
- Cadent gas email
- Merseyside and west lancashire bat group
- Application form - without personal data
- Demolition plan
- Arboricultural impact statement
- Outline demolition method statement
- Ecological report
- The location plan
- Existing
- Displayed site notice statement
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Lancashire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Lancashire decided prior approval applications in a median of 46 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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