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Land On The South Side Of Town Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley

25/00815/PIPPermission In PrincipleApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 October 2025

Council decision: Permission in Principle ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in principle application for the erection of 2no. dwellings

Received
2 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Chorley North East
Agent
BPD Architecture
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land On The South Side Of Town Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Chorley North East.

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

Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whittle-le-Woods

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2025
Consultation expiry
29 September 2025
Consultation end
29 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 September 2025
Target decision date
9 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
BPD Architecture
Agent address
Sitchstone Brown House Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
32
Constraints
13

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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Source: Chorley

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