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Rectory Field School Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TG

21/00966/FULMAJMajor Full PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 18 January 2023

Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of agricultural field to football pitches (within Use Class F2 (c) outdoor sport or recreation (not involving motorised vehicles or firearms)), construction of new car park and associated footpath.

Received
6 August 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
33
Ward
Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target5 Nov
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 530 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Rectory Field School Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TG. Chorley has handled 1,157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 530 days, 68 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South. 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 3TG
Application type
Major Full Planning
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2021
Consultation expiry
26 January 2023
Consultation end
28 April 2022
Neighbour consultation end
26 January 2023
Target decision date
5 November 2021
Committee meeting
17 January 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10088101
Documents
44
Constraints
11

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.

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. 2026
    16 Jan

    Application to discharge condition no. 11 (cycle parking) of planning permission ref. 21/00966/FULMAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00039/DIS
  2. 2021
    6 Aug

    Change of use of agricultural field to football pitches (within Use Class F2 (c) outdoor sport or recreation…

    This applicationApprovedFull21/00966/FULMAJ

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