9 Chequer Lane Up Holland Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 0DA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Use of property as C2 Residential Care Home. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 May 2026 · Delegated unless Member request to Cttee · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- West Lancashire
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
- Postcode
- WN8 0DA
- Received
- 25 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Up Holland Ward
- Parish
- Up Holland
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) Permitted
- Decision date
- 22 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 58 days. Approved, as 79% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by West Lancashire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Lancashire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14733416
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14733416
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
11 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
West Lancashire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #265 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. West Lancashire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 85% approved vs 90% nationally.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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