West Lancs approves 122 homes
Wain Homes has secured a go-ahead vote from the council’s planning committee to build a neighbourhood on 14 acres of fields east of Prescot Road in Aughton.
Designed by MCK Associates, the development comprises 122 homes and one cumulative acre of public open space. It would include 43 affordable homes – mostly one- and two-bedroom maisonettes and semi-detached houses.
In terms of market homes, these would range from three-bed mews residences to five-bed detached houses. In total, the project provides for six one-bedroom homes, 29 two-bedroom residences, 24 three-bedroom ones, 31 four-bedroom houses, and 32 five-bedroom properties.
Access to the neighbourhood would be off Prescot Road, with a secondary access from Parrs Lane.
Councillors resolved to approve the application in line with officer recommendation. The council officers had noted in their report that because the council has a 1.34-year housing land supply, as opposed to the required five-year one, there is a weighted balance towards approving residential projects.
In addition to MCK, the project team includes Emery Planning and Tyler Grange.
Previously, Wain Homes had sought to build 137 homes on the plot. However, it lowered the housing number to 122 after conversations with consultees.
You can learn more about the project by searching reference 2025/0565/FUL on West Lancashire Council’s planning portal.
