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Scrap Yard Town Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HQ

23/01065/CLPUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 January 2024

Council decision: Grant Certificate of LawfulnessDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the erection of an industrial building

Received
5 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard
Agent
MacMarshalls Ltd
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Scrap Yard Town Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HQ. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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.

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 5HQ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Charnock Richard

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2023
Consultation expiry
29 December 2023
Consultation end
29 December 2023
Target decision date
30 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MacMarshalls Ltd
Agent address
112-116 New Chorley Road Bolton BL1 4DH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12656000
Documents
8
Constraints
16

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Sep

    Installation of water tank (retrospective)

    ApprovedApplication06/26/00809/FUL
  2. 2026
    9 Sep

    Installation of water tank (retrospective)

    ApprovedApplication26/00809/FUL
  3. 2025
    20 Jan

    Application to discharge condition 7 (verification report) of planning permission ref. 22/00204/FUL

    Condition(s) dischargedDischarge of conditions25/00045/DIS
  4. 2024
    12 Dec

    Section 73 application to amend condition 3 (approved plans) of planning permission ref. 22/00204/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/01063/FUL
  5. 2024
    27 Mar

    Application to discharge condition 8 (intrusive site investigations) of planning permission ref. 22/00204/FUL

    Condition(s) dischargedDischarge of conditions24/00246/DIS
  6. 2024
    1 Mar

    Application to discharge condition 6 (remediation strategy / preliminary risk assessment) of planning…

    Condition(s) dischargedDischarge of conditions24/00164/DIS

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