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Culshaws Farm Holker Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LL

25/00064/P3PAMPrior Approval from Agr to Offices/ShopsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 19 March 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused (COU)Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval application under Part 3, Class R of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the proposed change of use of 2no. agricultural buildings to a flexible use falling with Use Class E (commercial, business or service) to allow the buildings to be used as retail warehouses

Received
23 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Culshaws Farm Holker Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LL. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South. We hold 364 applications in total for the PR26 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
PR26 8LL
Application type
Prior Approval from Agr to Offices/Shops
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ulnes Walton

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2025
Consultation expiry
18 February 2025
Consultation end
18 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2025
Target decision date
19 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
Agent address
311 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston PR4 6RJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13635639
Documents
13
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Source: Chorley

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