21 Lindsay Drive Chorley PR7 2QL
Refused on 17 April 2026
Council decision: Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness Prop
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Proposal
Application for a certificate of lawful development for the use of the dwelling house (Use Class C3) as a children's home (Use Class C2) to accommodate a maximum of 1 child (aged 8 to 17) with staffing consisting of three teams of two carers working on a rotational basis. Shifts will run from 10.00 a.m. on day one, until 10:30 a.m. on day three, with staff completing sleep-in duties overnight, for example: shift start time of 10am Monday morning, working until 10.30am Wednesday morning, including two sleep-in shifts. A Registered Manager will be on-site during weekdays and may attend out of hours in an emergency.
- Received
- 20 February 2026
- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- Ward
- Chorley North West
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at 21 Lindsay Drive Chorley PR7 2QL. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Chorley North West. We hold 1,614 applications in total for the PR7 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
- PR7 2QL
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chorley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mrs Hannah Roper
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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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