Planning application
Centaur House Gardiners Place Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9SP
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Use of building and surrounding yards for B2 general industrial and B8 storage and distribution.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0118/LDC
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0118/LDC
- Type
- Lawful Development Cert. (existing)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) REFUSED
- Received
- 13 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 19 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 22 May 2026
- Ward
- Old Skelmersdale Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- WN8 9SP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2026
Received by West Lancashire
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19 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 May 2026
Decision issued: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) REFUSED
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24 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Wildbrook Commercial Real Estate Agent
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- Dec lawf dev cert (existing) refused
- Officer report
- Highways
- Cadent gas
- Cadent map
- Site notice
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Application form
- Site plan
- Statutory declaration
- Updated location plan
- Photographs of site
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
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.
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.
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