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The Old House Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ

24/00912/TCONTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 December 2024

Council decision: No objection to Tree WorksDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Notification of proposed works to a tree within a conservation area involving the felling of beech tree

Received
27 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Chorley North East
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old House Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ. Chorley has handled 254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in the Withnell Fold conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 742 applications in total for the PR6 postcode area.

88% of trees 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
PR6 8AZ
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Withnell

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2024
Consultation expiry
21 November 2024
Consultation end
21 November 2024
Target decision date
11 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
45 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13517588
Documents
6
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Withnell Fold
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Source: Chorley

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