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The Willows Farm Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QQ

17/00670/LBCListed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 22 August 2017

Council decision: Grant Listed Building ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for: The demolition of two outbuildings.

Received
3 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Eccleston And Mawdesley
Agent
Mason Gillibrand Architects
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Willows Farm Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QQ. Chorley has handled 59 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,218 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

90% of heritage 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
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2017
Consultation expiry
25 July 2017
Consultation end
25 July 2017
Neighbour consultation end
25 July 2017
Target decision date
28 August 2017
Committee meeting
8 December 2018
Permission expires
22 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mason Gillibrand Architects
Architect profile
MASON GILLIBRAND LIMITED
Agent address
16 Willow Mill Fell View Caton Lancaster LA2 9RA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06190773
Documents
22
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The WillowsOn this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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