5 Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DP
Approved on 5 June 2026
Council decision: Grant Certificate of Lawfulness
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Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness Use for proposed roof mounted solar panels to the front and rear.
- Received
- 9 April 2026
- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- Ward
- Chorley North East
- Agent
- AF Planning & Design Limited
- ReceivedReceived9 Apr
- ValidatedValidated9 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Jun
- DecidedDecided5 Jun
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at 5 Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DP. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Abbey Village conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Chorley North East. We hold 742 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 8DP
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Withnell
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 4 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- AF Planning & Design Limited
- Architect profile
- AF PLANNING & DESIGN LIMITED
- Agent address
- 10 Elm Court Leyland Preston PR25 1FF United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mrs Hannah Roper
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Abbey Village
- 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, 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.
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Source: Chorley
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