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26/00156/TCON - Tree Works in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Notification of proposed works to trees within Withnell Conservation Area - T2 T3 rocks to be placed at base to prevent soil erosion in the ditch. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:54

Application progress

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Received

16 Feb 2026

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Validated

20 Feb 2026

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Approved

25 Mar 2026

Approved on 25 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION - APPROVAL OF TREE WORKS IN CA Decision · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF PHOTO Site Elevations, Building Plans etc. · 16 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF SKETCH PLAN Site Elevations, Building Plans etc. · 16 Feb 2026 View ↗

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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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 ↗

Local nature reserve about 71 m away: Withnell Fold

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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) agrees.

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 1

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

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin.

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 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 2

Last sold for £595,000 in May 2016. Detached house, freehold.

18 May 2016£595,000

3 December 1999£240,000

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

Building

Floor area284 m² (3,057 sq ft)

Energy ratingC (75 out of 100), could reach B

PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms

Built1983 to 1990

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2015, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Chorley
Application type: Tree Works in Conservation Area
Postcode: PR6 8AR
Received: 16 Feb 2026
Validated: 20 Feb 2026
Ward: Chorley North East
Parish: Withnell
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Apr 2026
Decision: No objection to Tree Works
Decision date: 25 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 33 days from validation, 16 days faster than Chorley's median of 49 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one33d

Council49d

UK36d

89%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

83decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Chorley in the last twelve months, from validation. Chorley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14709032
Planning Portal ref: PP-14709032
Statutory expiry: 6 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property