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26/00603/CLPUD - Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use) Refused
DemolitionExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the erection of an extension to existing outbuilding and construction of a resin driveway (following demolition of existing shed) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
10 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
28 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
23 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 23 Oct 2026 · Schedule 1 · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION - REFUSAL OF CERT OF LAW USE P Decision · 23 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Site Elevations, Building Plans etc. · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE PLAN Site Elevations, Building Plans etc. · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Site Location Plan · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Correspondence · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF INVALID APPLICATION FOLLOW UP Correspondence · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Correspondence · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Planning Application (inc initial correspondence) · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Withnell Fold conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public footpath 17 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Local nature reserve 331 m away: Withnell Fold.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £320,000 in December 2014. Semi-detached house, freehold.

15 December 2014£320,000
23 August 1999£113,000
11 October 1995£87,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area109 m² (1,173 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (44 out of 100), could reach C
PropertySemi-detached bungalow, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2014, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Chorley
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use)
Postcode
PR6 8AZ
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Chorley North East
Parish
Withnell
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Oct 2026
Decision
Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness Prop
Decision date
23 Oct 2026
Decision level
Schedule 1
Applicant
Show
Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 9% of demolitions here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
51decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Chorley in the last twelve months, from validation. Chorley decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15075245
Planning Portal ref
PP-15075245
Statutory expiry
23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area: Felling of ash tree a…
20/00724/TCON
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
Heathlands The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Single storey rear extension, roof lift to rear, rebuilding of garage and front porch and…
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2024 Approved
Withnell Fold Methodist Church Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Conversion of church to 2 no. dwellings, with associated parking.
24/00173/FUL
2023 Withdrawn
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2023 Withdrawn
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
Hallatrow The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
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2023 Approved
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Notification of proposed works to a tree within a conservation area including the branch…
23/00640/TCON
2023 Approved
Rusland The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Notification of proposed works to a tree within a conservation area including the branch…
23/00640/TCON
2023 Approved
Sunley Rains Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Notification of proposed works to a tree within a conservation area including the felling…
23/00470/TCON
2023 Approved
Sunley Rains Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Notification of proposed works to a tree within a conservation area including the felling…
23/00470/TCON
2022 Approved
Heathlands The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Two storey side extension with alterations to the roof incorporating triple gable rear ex…
22/00814/FULHH
2022 Approved
Heathlands The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Two storey side extension with alterations to the roof incorporating triple gable rear ex…
22/00814/FULHH
2021 Approved
Admergill The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Notification of proposed works to a tree within a conservation area including the crown r…
21/01441/TCON
2020 Approved
Far Riding The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area: Reduction of beech tr…
20/00546/TCON
2019 Approved
Withnell Fold Hall Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area including the removal…
19/01004/TCON
2019 Approved
Withnell Fold Hall Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area including the removal…
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2016 Approved
Heathlands The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Reduce crown on weeping willow tree located at the bottom of the rear garden
16/01179/TCON
2016 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.