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Lower Wood End Farm Back Lane Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7EX

26/00123/PIPPermission In PrincipleApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in principle application for the erection of up to 7 dwellings

Received
9 February 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Clayton West And Cuerden
Agent
MacMarshalls Ltd
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Lower Wood End Farm Back Lane Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7EX. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 10 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Clayton West And Cuerden. We hold 746 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 7EX
Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Clayton-le-Woods

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
15 April 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MacMarshalls Ltd
Agent address
Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Hannah Roper
Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
18

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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