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Woodlands Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LH

24/00985/CLPUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 January 2025

Council decision: Grant Certificate of LawfulnessDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed outbuilding

Received
20 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard
Agent
R-D Engineering Associates Ltd
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at Woodlands Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LH. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5LH
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Charnock Richard

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2024
Consultation expiry
17 December 2024
Consultation end
17 December 2024
Target decision date
15 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
R-D Engineering Associates Ltd
Architect profile
R-D ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Suite 1A, Blackthorn House, Skull House Lane, Appley Bridge, Wigan WN6 9DB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13563949
Documents
6
Constraints
14

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

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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.

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