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Prior Approval approval rate in West Lancashire

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: October 2026

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prior approval approval rate
257
Prior Approval decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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West Lancashire overall

How prior approval applications compare in West Lancashire

Prior Approval (257 decided)
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West Lancashire all types (4,015 decided)
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Other application types in West Lancashire

Full (3,572 decided)
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Trees (1,243 decided)
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Discharge of Conditions (857 decided)
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Certificate of Lawfulness (614 decided)
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Other (359 decided)
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Prior Approval (257 decided)
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Listed Building (130 decided)
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Advertisement (79 decided)
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Change of Use (67 decided)
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