Land At The Concourse Shopping Centre Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LT

1. 19 Aug 2026

   Received by West Lancashire

2. 21 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. 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.

   West Lancashire took a median of 70 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with West Lancashire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Lancashire decided full applications in a median of 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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• Land At The Concourse Shopping Centre Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LT

  2026/0700/FUL Submitted 19 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~16 Oct

  Erection of Class E(b) restaurant / Sui Generis (takeaway) drive-thru pod with associated car parking and landscaping works.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 28 docs

• Car Park The Concourse Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire

  2019/1110/ADV Submitted 30 Oct 2019 50 yards away

  Advertisement consent for signage associated with the car park management system (retrospective).

  Granted Advertising 3 docs

• Car Park The Concourse Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire

  2019/1110/ADV Submitted 30 Oct 2019 50 yards away

  Advertisement consent for signage associated with the car park management system (retrospective).

  Granted Advertising 3 docs

• KFC 200 The Concourse Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LN

  2022/1201/ADV Submitted 8 Nov 2022 100 yards away

  Installation of 14 signs around the site and 15 signs on various places on the building.

  Granted Advertising 6 docs

• KFC 200 The Concourse Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LN

  2022/1200/FUL Submitted 8 Nov 2022 100 yards away

  Installation of new entrance and deliver drivers entrance doors; shopfronts to be re-sprayed; new material finish to drive thru elevation wall; KFC demise car park areas to be re-white lined; new external furniture, planters, cigarette tower and cycle racks; various elements of new signage both to the site and the building.

  Granted Full applications 6 docs

• KFC 200 The Concourse Southway Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6LN

  2022/1201/ADV Submitted 8 Nov 2022 100 yards away

  Installation of 14 signs around the site and 15 signs on various places on the building.

  Granted Advertising 6 docs

• 2026/0887/FUL Awaiting decision

  Greenways Parrs Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 5BP

  Change existing entrance/exit to entrance only, extend new vehicular entrance/exit gateway for ingress into the site with new electric gates, remove and replace hedge and add screen planting.

  21 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 2026/0878/FUL Awaiting decision

  Mission Church Of Saint Cyprian Hoscar Moss Road Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 4BG

  Full planning application for proposed installation of rooflights and private sewage treatment plant.

  Received 19 Oct, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 2026/0874/FUL Awaiting decision

  10 Wellington Close Tanhouse Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6BJ

  Retrospective change of use of land from open ground to residential garden.

  Received 16 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 2026/0869/FUL Awaiting decision

  31 Church Lane Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6SB

  Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission 2020/0867/FUL in relation to approved plans.

  Received 15 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 2026/0868/FUL Awaiting decision

  Holly Lane Farm Holly Lane Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0HJ

  Single storey extension to the existing dwellinghouse at Holly Lane Farm

  Received 15 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Full applications