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Whiteacres Back Lane East Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TA

25/01047/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Permit Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)20 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of 1no. dwelling with altered access to site (self-build) (following demolition of existing house and garage)

Received
31 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South
Agent
MWB Architecture
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 147 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Whiteacres Back Lane East Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TA. Chorley has handled 1,157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. 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 1,221 applications in total for the L40 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
L40 3TA
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation end
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 December 2025
Target decision date
26 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
MWB Architecture
Architect profile
MWB ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Unit B1 E Towngate Works Dark Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14441022
Documents
48
Constraints
16

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

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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