Salt Pit Farm Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX

24/00154/CLEUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)Approved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 22 April 2024

Council decision: Grant Cert of Lawfulness for Est UseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for an existing residential outbuilding

Received: 26 February 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Chorley Borough Council
Ward: Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South
Agent: PWA Planning

ReceivedReceived26 Feb
ValidatedValidated26 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Apr
DecidedDecided22 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Salt Pit Farm Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX. Chorley has handled 176 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

87% of amendment 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 2QX
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 February 2024
Target decision date: 22 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: PWA Planning
Agent address: 2 Lockside Office Park Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer: Mike Halsall
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12566857
Comments: 0
Documents: 7
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.

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Source: Chorley

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