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26/00127/NOT - Telecom Mast - No Consultation Approved

Proposal

Notification of intention to install 1no. 9m high light pole for the provision of fixed line broadband electronic communications Data via plota.co.uk

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

Application progress

✓

Received

9 Feb 2026

✓

Approved

27 Feb 2026

Approved on 27 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Site constraints 4

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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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

Coalfield, development low risk area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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: Telecom Mast - No Consultation
Postcode: PR7 4AZ
Received: 9 Feb 2026
Validated: 9 Feb 2026
Ward: Chorley South East And Heath Charnock
Parish: Heath Charnock
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Mar 2026
Decision: Permit Telecom Mast
Decision date: 27 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Openreach

How this decision compares

Decided in 18 days from validation, 10 days faster than Chorley's median of 28 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 100% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

This one18d

Council28d

UK55d

86%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

31decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 8 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

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