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52 Pilling Lane Chorley PR7 3ED

26/00222/CLEUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: Grant Certificate of Lawfulness

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of an Established Use or Development (CLEUD) for the existing use of the property as a small HMO (Use Class C4)

Received
6 March 2026
Ward
Chorley South East And Heath Charnock
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 52 Pilling Lane Chorley PR7 3ED. Chorley has handled 176 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Chorley South East And Heath Charnock. We hold 1,614 applications in total for the PR7 postcode area.

87% of amendment 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 3ED
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chorley

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Target decision date
1 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Paul Butler Associates
Agent address
31 Blackfriars Road Salford M3 7AQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Hannah Roper
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14738308
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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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