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The Nurseries Southport Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 6ET

22/00741/PIPPermission In PrincipleAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
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Proposal

Permission in principle application for the demolition of the existing glasshouses and the erection of up to five dwellings

Received
4 July 2022
Decision due
11 August 2022
Public comments
5 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard
Agent
PW Planning
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 27 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (16)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at The Nurseries Southport Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 6ET. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 July 2022 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard. We hold 1,614 applications in total for the PR7 postcode area.

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

Postcode
PR7 6ET
Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eccleston

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2022
Consultation expiry
27 July 2022
Consultation end
27 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end
27 July 2022
Committee meeting
21 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
PW Planning
Agent address
2 Lockside Office Park, Lockside Road, Preston, PR2 2YS

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/00016/8WEEK

Appeal history

3305925
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 24 February 2023Dev Type: Change of useReason: Failure
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Flood storage areaPart of the site
  • Green belt: Chorley

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)

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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© 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.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chorley

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