23 Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DP

26/00751/CLPUDApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 14 October 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

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the installation of roof mounted solar panels to the front elevation

Submitted: 25 August 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 6 November 2026
Council: Chorley Borough Council
Ward: Chorley North East

ReceivedSubmitted25 Aug
ValidatedValidated25 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Oct

Decided in 50 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at 23 Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DP. Chorley has handled 3,341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Chorley's typical decision time. 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 87 applications across Chorley North East. We hold 742 applications in total for the PR6 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: PR6 8DP
Parish: Withnell

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Sophie Taylor

Additional information

Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Chorley

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