Bensons Farm Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00281/CLEUD - Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use) Approved

Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for an existing use of land for mixed domestic/equestrian purposes Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

26 Mar 2026

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Approved

21 May 2026

Approved on 21 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 10

Site constraints 7

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Public footpath about 27 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 44 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Chorley
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)
Postcode: PR6 8DT
Received: 26 Mar 2026
Validated: 26 Mar 2026
Ward: Chorley North East
Parish: Withnell
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 May 2026
Decision: Grant Cert of Lawfulness for Est Use
Decision date: 21 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14812162
Planning Portal ref: PP-14812162
Comments by: 23 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 21 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

8 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved

Installation of balcony/walkway to existing outbuilding

20/01294/FULHH 16 Feb 2021

2020 Approved

Installation of balcony/walkway to existing outbuilding

20/01294/FULHH 16 Feb 2021

2020 Approved

Installation of Juliet balcony and elevational alterations to existing outbuilding to fac…

20/00842/FULHH 6 Nov 2020

2020 Approved

Installation of Juliet balcony and elevational alterations to existing outbuilding to fac…

20/00842/FULHH 6 Nov 2020

2017 Refused

Demolition of existing stable block and erection of indoor riding arena including new sta…

17/00432/OUT 14 Jul 2017

2017 Refused

Demolition of existing stable block and erection of indoor riding arena including new sta…

17/00432/OUT 14 Jul 2017

2017 Approved

Demolition of existing wood store, garage and workshop and erection of a replacement anci…

17/00349/FULHH 23 May 2017

2017 Approved

Demolition of existing wood store, garage and workshop and erection of a replacement anci…

17/00349/FULHH 23 May 2017

Chorley

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#42 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Chorley is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #49 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Chorley decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #51 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #73 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #49 of 296

35%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #100 of 296

95%

Minor dwellings approved

77 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

4 decided (10+ homes)

73%

Change of use approved

11 decided

553

Total decisions

39 refused in the year to March 2026

Bensons Farm Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 3

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 2

Site constraints 7

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