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Land South Of Mercer Court And East Of Westhoughton Road Adlington

20/01053/FULMAJMajor Full PlanningRefused
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Refused on 9 September 2021

Council decision: Refuse Full Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of seven buildings comprising light industrial business units

Received
5 October 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
27
Ward
Adlington And Anderton
Agent
PAB Architects Ltd
  1. Received5 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 332 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land South Of Mercer Court And East Of Westhoughton Road Adlington. Chorley has handled 1,157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 339 days, 40 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Adlington And Anderton.

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

Application type
Major Full Planning
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Adlington

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2020
Consultation expiry
3 May 2021
Consultation end
3 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2021
Target decision date
11 January 2021
Committee meeting
7 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
PAB Architects Ltd
Agent address
Renaissance Studio 1 Derby Street Leigh WN7 4PF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09116052
Documents
58
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land rear of 24-26 Westhoughton RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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  4. 2023
    28 Apr

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  5. 2020
    5 Oct

    Erection of seven buildings comprising light industrial business units

    This applicationRefusedFull20/01053/FULMAJ

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