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David Lloyd Leisure Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB

25/00888/PARPrior Approval RequiredApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval application under Part 14, Class J of Schedule 2 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the installation of solar photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roof of a non-domestic building

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Chorley North East
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at David Lloyd Leisure Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Chorley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Chorley North East. We hold 742 applications in total for the PR6 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
PR6 8AB
Application type
Prior Approval Required
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whittle-le-Woods

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Consultation expiry
22 October 2025
Consultation end
22 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 October 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Office Spindle Hill House Scotch Hill Newchurch Hoar Cross Burton-On-Trent DE13 8RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
18
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Green belt: Chorley

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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