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Archers Rough Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BH

25/01239/CLPUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Certificate of LawfulnessDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed extension to an existing detached outbuilding

Received
21 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Chorley North East
Agent
BPD Architecture
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at Archers Rough Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BH. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. 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 8BH
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Withnell

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
12 January 2026
Consultation end
12 January 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
BPD Architecture
Agent address
Sitchstone Brown House Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HR

Planning decision

Case officer
Simon Lems
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14578909
Documents
8
Constraints
7

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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© 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.

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Source: Chorley

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