Scrap Yard Town Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HQ

22/00204/FULFull PlanningApproved

Full

Approved on 27 May 2022

Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Installation of a battery energy storage facility, substation, underground cabling and ancillary infrastructure and equipment to include security fencing, gates and CCTV

Received: 22 February 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 9
Council: Chorley Borough Council
Ward: Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard
Agent: Aardvark EM Limited

ReceivedReceived22 Feb
ValidatedValidated22 Feb
Consult.Consultation7 May
TargetTarget Date19 Apr
DecidedDecided27 May

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Scrap Yard Town Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HQ. Chorley has handled 1,157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard. We hold 1,614 applications in total for the PR7 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: PR7 5HQ
Application type: Full Planning
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Charnock Richard

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 February 2022
Consultation expiry: 7 May 2022
Consultation end: 7 May 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 7 May 2022
Target decision date: 19 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: Aardvark EM Limited
Agent address: Aardvark EM Ltd Higher Ford Wiveliscombe Taunton TA4 2RL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11054252
Documents: 60
Constraints: 13

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.

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