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Brownfield Land Register

The Council is required by Government to produce a Brownfield Land Register. The purpose of the register is to identify brownfield sites that are suitable for housing or mixed use development (housing led).

Brownfield land describes any land which has been previously developed.

The Brownfield Land Register is in two parts:

Part 1:  identifies suitable brownfield sites that can accommodate five dwellings or more and be deliverable. Inclusion on this list does not necessarily mean that the site would be granted planning permission.

Part 2: is a list of sites that have been granted Permission in Principle (PiP). PiP establishes whether a site is suitable in-principle for residential development, and then allows for "technical detail consent" when the detailed development proposals are assessed. Entering suitable sites in Part 2 of the brownfield land register will trigger a grant of permission in principle. The Council does not have any sites on Part 2 of the Brownfield Land Register. If and when any sites are to be included on part 2 of the register, to grant permission in principle, appropriate consultation will take place.

Part 1 of the Brownfield Land Register can be found below. Most of the sites have either an existing planning permission or are part of Local Plan Allocations. The Brownfield Land Register will be reviewed annually to assess the status of sites within the borough. 

• View and download the West Lancashire Brownfield Land Register Part 1 2017 (CSV 18Kb)
• View and download the West Lancashire Brownfield Land Register Part 1 2017 (Excel 42Kb)
• View and download the West Lancashire Brownfield Land Register Part 1 2017 Proformas (PDF 1.8mb)

In addition, the table below lists every site in the draft register. By clicking on the site reference of any record a new window will open to display the site boundary.

• WL002 (PDF 258kb) - Former Hope High School, Tanhouse Road, Skelmersdale
• WL003 (PDF 177kb) - Former Reynolds Garage, Southport Road, Scarisbrick
• WL004 (PDF 164kb) - Land at Findon, Skelmersdale
• WL005 (PDF 297kb) - Site of former Sports Centre, Digmoor Road, Skelmersdale
• WL006 (PDF 315kb) - Site of former Greaves Hall Hospital, Greaves Hall Avenue, Banks
• WL007 (PDF 173kb) - Longreach, Warpers Moss Lane, Burscough
• WL008 (PDF 126kb) - Site of former 111 Aughton Street, Ormskirk
• WL009 (PDF 319kb) - Henry Alty Ltd, Station Road, Hesketh Bank
• WL010 (PDF 143kb) - Bull & Dog Inn, Liverpool Road, Burscough
• WL011 (PDF 143kb) - Rear of 94 Church Road, Tarleton
• WL012 (PDF 118kb) - Downholland Bridge Business Park, Mairscough Lane, Downholland
• WL013 (PDF 214kb) - The Barrons, 104 Church Road, Tarleton
• WL014 (PDF 225kb) - Land to the rear of 69-75 Town Green Lane, Aughton
• WL015 (PDF 126kb) - The Almond Tree, Abbeystead, Skelmersdale
• WL028 (PDF 166kb) - The Comrades Club, Witham Road, Skelmersdale
• WL029 (PDF 174kb) - Land at the Stiles, Ormskirk
• WL031 (PDF 157kb) - Shannons Social Club, Spencers Lane, Skelmersdale
• WL032 (PDF 142kb) - Site of former 82 Orrell Lane, Burscough
• WL034 (PDF 196kb) - The Bath House, Burscough Street, Ormskirk
• WL035 (PDF 212kb) - 9 Shore Road, Hesketh Bank
• WL036 (PDF 218kb) - 14A New Cut Lane, Halsall
• WL037 (PDF 187kb) - 30A Scarth Hill Lane, Aughton
• WL038 (PDF 129kb) - Former Silver Birch Hotel, Flordon, Skelmersdale
• WL039 (PDF 204kb) - 4 Bescar Lane, Scarisbrick
• WL040 (PDF 169kb) - Garages to the east of Arnian Court, Molyneux Road, Aughton