O/S Close House Bolton Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BY

26/00069/NOTTelecom Mast - No ConsultationApproved

Approved on 3 February 2026

Council decision: Approve - TelecomDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification of intention to install 1no. 10m high light pole for the provision of fixed line broadband electronic communications

Received: 23 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Chorley Borough Council
Ward: Chorley North East

ReceivedReceived23 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date19 Feb
DecidedDecided3 Feb

Decided in 11 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at O/S Close House Bolton Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BY. Chorley has handled 103 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 6 weeks quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Chorley North East. We hold 742 applications in total for the PR6 postcode area.

98% of telecoms 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 8BY
Application type: Telecom Mast - No Consultation
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Withnell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2026
Target decision date: 19 February 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Simon Lems
Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 3
Constraints: 10

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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chorley

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