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Lancashire County Council Chorley Central Library Union Street Chorley PR7 1EB

26/00331/CTYCounty MattersApproved

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: No objection to LCC Reg 3/4 ApplicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Consultation from Lancashire County Council on application ref: LCC/2026/0009 (Replacement of Library roof and the creation of a new access to the public car park and a new staff-only car park)

Received
13 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chorley North West
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Lancashire County Council Chorley Central Library Union Street Chorley PR7 1EB. Chorley has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 6 weeks quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. The site is in the St Laurence's, Chorley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Chorley North West. We hold 1,614 applications in total for the PR7 postcode area.

90% of all 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 1EB
Application type
County Matters
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chorley

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Target decision date
4 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lancashire County Council
Agent address
PO Box 100, County Hall, Preston, PR1 0LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Laurence's, ChorleyPart of the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Chorley

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