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Land North Of New Street Mawdesley

26/00075/SCEApplication for Screening Opinion (EIA)Awaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for a screening opinion pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a proposed residential development of up to 78no. dwellings on land north of New Street, Mawdesley

Received
27 January 2026
Decision due
16 February 2026
Public comments
2 · last counted 25 October 2026
Ward
Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South
Agent
PWA Planning
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 6 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of New Street Mawdesley. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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
Application for Screening Opinion (EIA)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
78
Parish
Mawdesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 March 2026
Consultation end
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
PWA Planning
Agent address
2 Lockside Office Park Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS

Planning decision

Statutory period
20 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Chorley

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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