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Land To East Of Martin House Farm And North Of Barmskin Lane, Heskin, Chorley, Lancashire

04/00268/COUChange of Use PlanningApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 September 2004

Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from farm land to horse rides,

Received
15 March 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Chisnall
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 179 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land To East Of Martin House Farm And North Of Barmskin Lane, Heskin, Chorley, Lancashire. Chorley has handled 176 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

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

Application type
Change of Use Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heskin

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2004
Consultation expiry
5 October 2004
Consultation end
7 June 2004
Neighbour consultation end
5 October 2004
Target decision date
14 May 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
169 Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge, Wigan WN6 9DX.

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: West Lancashire
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2004
    15 Mar

    Change of use from farm land to horse rides,

    This applicationApprovedAmendment04/00268/COU
  2. 2004
    12 Mar

    Retrospective permission for the change of use of land to horse rides,

    ApprovedConsultation from Neighbouring LPAFiled alongside04/00287/NLA

Source: Chorley

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