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Land To The North Of School Lane Mawdesley

25/01176/PIPPermission In PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Appeal dismissed

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in principle application for the erection of 1no. dwellinghouse

Received
2 December 2025
Public comments
5
Ward
Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South
Agent
MWB Architecture Ltd
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land To The North Of School Lane Mawdesley. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 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.

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

Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025
Consultation end
19 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2025
Target decision date
6 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MWB Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
MWB ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Unit B1 F, Towngate Works Dark Lane Mawdesley Lancashire L40 2QU

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
26/00004/NONDET

Appeal history

6003761
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 April 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: not_received
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
24
Constraints
6

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

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© 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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