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281 Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5DF

26/00374/P3PANPrior Approval from Retail to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Approved (COU)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M(a) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the proposed change of use of no. 281 Spendmore Lane from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 1no. dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

Received
24 April 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Coppull
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 281 Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5DF. Chorley has handled 433 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Chorley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Coppull. 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 5DF
Application type
Prior Approval from Retail to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Coppull

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2026
Consultation expiry
19 May 2026
Consultation end
19 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 May 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
5 Willow Close Anderton Chorley PR6 9PJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Simon Lems
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
12

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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