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Wards O'Th Hill Farm Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SJ

26/00056/AGRAgricultural (Prior Notification)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Prior App not required - AgrDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Agricultural determination for the construction of a new access track

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Clayton East, Brindle And Hoghton
Agent
John Forrester Limited
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Wards O'Th Hill Farm Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SJ. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Clayton East, Brindle And Hoghton. We hold 853 applications in total for the PR5 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
PR5 0SJ
Application type
Agricultural (Prior Notification)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hoghton

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Forrester Limited
Agent address
19-21 Chapel Brow Leyland Preston PR25 3NH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14634314
Documents
8
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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