Railway Footbridge Railway Road Adlington

17/00680/PNOTPrior NotificationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 August 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Request for Prior Approval under Part 18 of the GPDO for proposed works to railway foot bridge.

Received: 7 July 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Chorley Borough Council
Ward: Adlington And Anderton

ReceivedReceived7 Jul
ValidatedValidated7 Jul
Consult.Consultation8 Dec
TargetTarget Date3 Aug
DecidedDecided3 Aug

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Railway Footbridge Railway Road Adlington. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Adlington And Anderton.

77% of outline 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: Prior Notification
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Adlington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 July 2017
Consultation expiry: 8 December 2018
Consultation end: 8 December 2018
Neighbour consultation end: 8 December 2018
Target decision date: 3 August 2017
Committee meeting: 8 December 2018
Permission expires: 3 August 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 7
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Chorley

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