Charity Farm Smithy Brow Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9PP
Approved on 28 June 2023
Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness- Existing use for Tourism - Camping and Caravanning
- Received
- 10 February 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Wrightington
- Agent
- Steven Abbott Associates LLP
- ReceivedReceived10 Feb
- ValidatedValidated14 Feb
- Consult.Consultation6 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 Jun
Decided in 134 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Charity Farm Smithy Brow Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9PP. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 138 days, 12 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 511 applications in total for the WN6 postcode area.
69% of amendment applications at West Lancashire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- WN6 9PP
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (existing)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wrightington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 February 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 6 June 2023
- Consultation start
- 16 May 2023
- Consultation end
- 6 June 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Steven Abbott Associates LLP
- Agent address
- Balmoral House Ackhurst Business Park Foxhole Road Chorley PR7 1NY
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11906978
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: West Lancashire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202517 Dec
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing three fields being used for tourism (camping and caravanning).
ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (existing)2025/1076/LDC - 201620 May
Erection of stable building and extension to existing manege.
ApprovedFull Planning Application2016/0587/FUL - 201119 Dec
Erection of agricultural storage building.
ApprovedFull Planning Application2011/1333/FUL - 201115 Jul
Erection of agricultural storage building.
RefusedFull Planning Application2011/0793/FUL - 201024 Nov
Application for Determination as to whether Prior Approval is required for Details - Erection of agricultural…
ApprovedPrior Notification - Agriculture2010/1373/PNP
Source: West Lancashire
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