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Blacksmith Barn Hall Lane, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, Lancashire L40 2QY

03/01120/COUChange of Use PlanningApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 March 2004

Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of agricultural building to live-work unit and associated works,

Received
14 October 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Eccleston And Mawdesley
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided29 Mar

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Blacksmith Barn Hall Lane, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, Lancashire L40 2QY. Chorley has handled 176 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 16 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

87% of amendment applications at Chorley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
L40 2QY
Application type
Change of Use Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2003
Consultation expiry
5 December 2003
Consultation end
5 December 2003
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2003
Target decision date
15 December 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Rafters, 44 Garstang Road, Preston, PR1 1NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: City CottageOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Chorley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Chorley

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