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Land Off Croston Lane Charnock Richard

26/00157/SCEApplication for Screening Opinion (EIA)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 May 2026

Council decision: Screening Opinion - EIA Not ReqdDelegated (officer decision)

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 (amended 2018) for the construction of a Solar Farm and associated infrastructure (hereafter referred to as 'the Proposed Development') located on Land off Croston Lane, Welch Whittle, Charnock Richard, PR7 5HJ.

Received
17 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land Off Croston Lane Charnock Richard. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Chorley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard.

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
Medium
Parish
Charnock Richard

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
30 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
20 days

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
130

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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© 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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