228 The Green Eccleston Chorley Lancashire PR7 5SU
Approved on 6 June 2011
Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of existing residential dwelling to opticians shop and consulting rooms on ground floor with two bedroom flat on first floor
- Received
- 13 April 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- Ward
- Eccleston And Mawdesley
- ReceivedReceived13 Apr
- ValidatedValidated13 Apr
- Consult.Consultation12 May
- TargetTarget Date8 Jun
- DecidedDecided6 Jun
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 228 The Green Eccleston Chorley Lancashire PR7 5SU. Chorley has handled 176 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,618 applications in total for the PR7 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
- PR7 5SU
- Application type
- Change of Use Planning
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Eccleston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 April 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 12 May 2011
- Consultation end
- 12 May 2011
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 May 2011
- Target decision date
- 8 June 2011
- Committee meeting
- 23 March 2019
- Permission expires
- 6 June 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Thre Family Life Centre Ash Street Southport PR8 6JH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202020 Jan
Application for works to a protected tree - Chorley BC TPO 1 (Eccleston) 2013: T1 Oak - Prune branches…
ApprovedTree Preservation Order20/00044/TPO - 201231 Jan
Change of use from residential apartment to office accommodation at first floor level.
ApprovedChange of Use Planning12/00089/COU - 20114 Nov
Installation of 4 no. illuminated fascia signs and 1 no. projecting sign
ApprovedAdvertisement consent11/00968/ADV - 201015 Oct
Change of use from residential to veterinary surgery and provision of car parking spaces
ApprovedChange of Use Planning10/00929/COU
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