Planning application
Captrad Composites Ltd Unit 6A Gratton Place Gillibrands Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 9UE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of Use of Land to Compound for Adjoining Industrial unit.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0782/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0782/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 16 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 23 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Skelmersdale South Ward
- Parish
- Unparished - Skelmersdale
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Postcode
- WN8 9UE
Comment by 16 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to West Lancashire through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Sep 2026
Received by West Lancashire
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23 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 November 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 71 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd Agent, registered in Coventry
Active · incorporated 2016 · Coventry
36 applications on PlanIndex · across 20 councils · 74% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Site notice
- Proposed
- Gate
- Application form - without personal data
- Proposed
- Drainage documentation
- Planning statement
- Ecology
- Proposed fence
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
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 full applications in a median of 84 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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