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Hunters Brook Bentley Lane Hilldale Mawdesley Chorley Lancashire PR7 5PY

2026/0710/PIPRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 October 2026

Council decision: Permission in Principle Refused1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in principle application for the construction of one dwelling.

Received
24 August 2026
Ward
Rural North East Ward
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 66 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Hunters Brook Bentley Lane Hilldale Mawdesley Chorley Lancashire PR7 5PY. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 1,618 applications in total for the PR7 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt in that it is not a sustainable location for residential development. The development would be contrary to Policy GN1 of the West Lancashire Local Plan (2012-2027), the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Supplementary Planning Document 'Development in the Green Belt' (Oct 2015). No very special circumstances have been identified which would outweigh the harm caused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PR7 5PY
Parish
Hilldale

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kerry Webster

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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: West Lancashire

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