Sandy Lane Farm Sandy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QB
Approved on 6 December 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval Approved (COU)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q (a and b) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to 1no. dwellinghouse and associated building operations
- Received
- 12 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- Ward
- Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South
- Agent
- MWBRESIDENCE LIMITED
- ReceivedReceived12 Oct
- ValidatedValidated12 Oct
- Consult.Consultation8 Nov
- TargetTarget Date6 Dec
- DecidedDecided6 Dec
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Sandy Lane Farm Sandy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QB. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 2 other applications 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.
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
- L40 2QB
- Application type
- Prior Approval from Agr to Residential
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mawdesley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 October 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 8 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 8 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 6 December 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MWBRESIDENCE LIMITED
- Agent address
- Unit B1 E, Towngate Works Dark Lane Mawdesley L40 2QU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12501091
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Chorley
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