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Towngate Works Dark Lane Mawdesley Lancashire

12/00177/CLEUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 29 June 2012

Council decision: Grant Cert of Lawfulness for Est UsePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing development in respect of siting of a container unit

Received
17 February 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Eccleston And Mawdesley
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 130 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Towngate Works Dark Lane Mawdesley Lancashire. Chorley has handled 176 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2012
Consultation expiry
24 February 2019
Consultation end
24 February 2019
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2019
Target decision date
16 April 2012
Committee meeting
12 June 2012
Permission expires
29 June 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Broadsword House 2 Stonecrop North Quarry Business Park Appley Bridge Wigan Lancashire WN6 9DL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01823100
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
3

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.

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© 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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