Planning application
18 Meadowcroft Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6RT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of dwelling for child minding (retrospective)
As published by the council, reference 2026/0542/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0542/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Planning Permission Granted
- Received
- 29 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 20 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 11 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Skelmersdale North Ward
- Parish
- Unparished - Skelmersdale
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- WN8 6RT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jun 2026
Received by West Lancashire
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20 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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11 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Planning Permission Granted
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11 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Registered.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- Highways response
- Car park
- Amended ground floor plan
- Planning statement
- Covering letter
- Application form - without personal data
- The location plan
- Ofsted 2019
- Ofsted 2025
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Lancashire granted permission on 11 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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