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4 Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QQ

16/01164/FULHHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 8 February 2017

Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish the existing single storey side extension, construct a new one and a half storey side extension, raise roof to create accommodation in the roof space to include new front dormer and three rear dormers.

Received
14 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Eccleston And Mawdesley
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target8 Feb
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 4 Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QQ. Chorley has handled 1,157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

97% of full 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 2QQ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2016
Consultation expiry
9 January 2017
Consultation end
9 January 2017
Neighbour consultation end
9 January 2017
Target decision date
8 February 2017
Committee meeting
18 August 2018
Permission expires
8 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mark Copeland Architectural Services 3 Mere Road Ashton-In-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05696249
Documents
18
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    14 Sep

    Minor non-material amendment to planning permission 17/00986/FULHH

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment18/00868/MNMA
  2. 2017
    4 Oct

    Application for a minor material amendment (section 73) to a previously approved permission ref…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)17/00986/FULHH
  3. 2016
    14 Dec

    Demolish the existing single storey side extension, construct a new one and a half storey side extension…

    This applicationApprovedFull16/01164/FULHH

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