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Bensons Farm Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DT

26/00281/CLEUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: Grant Cert of Lawfulness for Est Use

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

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for an existing use of land for domestic/equestrian purposes

Received
26 March 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Chorley North East
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Bensons Farm Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DT. Chorley has handled 176 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 87 applications across Chorley North East. We hold 742 applications in total for the PR6 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
PR6 8DT
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Withnell

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Consultation end
23 April 2026
Target decision date
21 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Simon Lems
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14812162
Documents
9
Constraints
12

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
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +1 more

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 (20)

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, 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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