Old Skelmersdale Ward planning approval rate
Approval rate withheld for West Lancashire. PlanningLens is temporarily withholding the headline approval rate for this council. Refusals appear materially undercaptured in the published record, so an approval rate computed from it would overstate approval. This does not mean the previously shown percentage has been proved wrong. No official statistic is substituted in its place. Approval, refusal and rate figures are shown as – throughout this page. Decision volumes are unaffected and are still published. Why we withhold a rate
Last updated: September 2026
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ward approval rate
59
Decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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West Lancashire average
PlanningLens is currently withholding approval rates for West Lancashire, so no ward comparison is published for Old Skelmersdale Ward. Decision volumes are still shown.
How Old Skelmersdale Ward compares
Old Skelmersdale Ward ward
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West Lancashire overall
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Recent decisions in Old Skelmersdale Ward
Proposed single story front extension and conversion of existing garage into hab · Fri 28 Aug 2026
Proposed single storey flat roof side/rear extension. · Fri 22 May 2026
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