Eagle Tower Barn Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EW
Refused on 3 December 2025
Council decision: Refuse Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Carport attached to existing detached garage
- Received
- 26 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- Ward
- Chorley North East
- Agent
- Hatch Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Oct
- Consult.Consultation31 Oct
- TargetTarget Date3 Dec
- DecidedDecided3 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Eagle Tower Barn Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EW. Chorley has handled 1,157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Chorley North East. We hold 742 applications in total for the PR6 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed carport results in a harmful impact on the setting of Eagle Tower Barn, which is a designated heritage asset, by reason of its scale and materials. No clear and convincing justification has been advanced for the development that would outweigh this harm and as such it is contrary to Chapter 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework, policy 16 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy and policy BNE8 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026. Please Note: The proposal would not improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area nor does it comply with the development plan and therefore does not comprise sustainable development. There were no amendments to the scheme, or conditions which could reasonably have been imposed, which could have made the development acceptable and it was therefore not possible to approve the application. The Local Planning Authority has therefore implemented the requirement of Paragraph 39 of the NPPF. This decision has been made having regard to the policies of the Development Plan which comprises the Adopted Central Lancashire Core Strategy (2012) and the Adopted Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026 and all other relevant planning policy and guidance including National Policy (the Framework), supplementary planning guidance and supplementary planning documents and Corporate documents of the Council. Chief Planning Officer, Chorley Council Please read the notes attached to this notice carefully. They will help you to understand this decision, your rights and other things you may have to do. Further information is available at chorley.gov.uk/planning.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- PR6 8EW
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Heapey
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 31 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hatch Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- HATCH ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- 182 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14362736
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Barn With Shippon Circa 20 Metres South of Eagle Tower FarmhouseOn this site · +1 more
- Green belt: Chorley
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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