Land To The South And East Of The Top Lock PH Copthurst Lane Whittle-le-woods PR6 8LP
Approved on 30 January 2026
Council decision: Permission in Principle ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Permission in principle application for the erection of up to 9no. dwellings
- Received
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- Ward
- Chorley North East
- Agent
- MacMarsahalls Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated24 Nov
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided30 Jan
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land To The South And East Of The Top Lock PH Copthurst Lane Whittle-le-woods PR6 8LP. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. 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 8LP
- Application type
- Permission In Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Heapey
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MacMarsahalls Ltd
- Agent address
- Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 29
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Chorley
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