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The Old Rectory, High Street, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, Lancashire L40 3TD

04/00983/COUChange of Use PlanningApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 November 2004

Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of land from agricultural to domestic curtilage

Received
1 September 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Eccleston And Mawdesley
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Old Rectory, High Street, Mawdesley, Ormskirk, Lancashire L40 3TD. Chorley has handled 176 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building 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 3TD
Application type
Change of Use Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2004
Consultation expiry
13 December 2004
Consultation end
29 September 2004
Neighbour consultation end
13 December 2004
Target decision date
27 October 2004
Committee meeting
30 November 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Willow Mill, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

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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