1 Gillcroft Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SE
Refused on 9 January 2026
Council decision: Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness Est UseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness of an Established Use or Development (CLEUD) of a home-based vehicle workshop for the enjoyment of the property home owner
- Received
- 13 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- Ward
- Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard
- Agent
- MWB Architecture
- ReceivedReceived13 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided9 Jan
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 1 Gillcroft Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SE. Chorley has handled 176 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard. We hold 1,614 applications in total for the PR7 postcode area.
87% of amendment 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
- PR7 5SE
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Eccleston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2026
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
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.
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Source: Chorley
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