East Quarry, Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge, WN6 9AE Data via plota.co.uk

SCP/2026/0003 Application Ongoing

Proposal

Scoping opinion request for the infilling of the quarry void District West Lancashire Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
12 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 15 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 70.

Site constraints 6

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 8 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Appley Bridge built-up area; Green belt about 27 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Lancashire County Council - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Postcode
WN6 9AE
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Parish
WRIGHTINGTON
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Freehold owner
Show

Decision outlook

Day 70, past the statutory target. 95% of eia screening and scoping opinions in Lancashire County Council are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 19 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 19 Oct 2026.

Day 7014 days past the 56-day target
87%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
1,986decided in the last year

Plota live figures for eia screening and scoping opinions decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent eia screening and scoping opinions in Lancashire County Council to go on. Lancashire County Council decision record →

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.