Magistrates Court St Thomas Road Chorley PR7 1HR
Approved on 1 October 2024
Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of building comprising 3no. commercial units and 52no. apartments with landscaping and other associated works following demolition of the Magistrates Court building
- Received
- 22 December 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 19
- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- Ward
- Chorley North West
- Agent
- PWA Planning
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Sep
- TargetTarget Date3 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Oct
Decided in 272 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Magistrates Court St Thomas Road Chorley PR7 1HR. Chorley has handled 1,157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 284 days, 33 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Chorley North West. We hold 1,614 applications in total for the PR7 postcode area.
97% of full 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 1HR
- Application type
- Major Full Planning
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 52
- Parish
- Chorley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 2 September 2024
- Consultation end
- 2 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 3 April 2024
- Committee meeting
- 10 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- PWA Planning
- Agent address
- 2 Lockside Office Park Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12231426
- Documents
- 68
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 3572Register site at or near this address
- 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, green belt, 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 and heritage coasts.
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