Land To Rear Of Malthouse Cottages Malt House Farm Blackburn New Road Wheelton Data via plota.co.uk

26/00549/PIP - Permission In Principle Approved

Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle for minimum of 4no. dwellings and maximum of 9no. dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 17 Sept 2026, 20:49

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Application progress

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Received

22 Jun 2026

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Validated

29 Jun 2026

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Approved

17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Documents 50

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION - PERMISSION Correspondence · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE - PERMISSION IN PRINCIPLE Correspondence · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF LOCATION PLAN Amended Plans · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 2609 (01) 01 2026.06.18 SITE LOCATION PLAN Site Location Plan · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 43

Site constraints 4

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

Green belt 17 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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.

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Important details

Council: Chorley
Application type: Permission In Principle
Postcode: PR6 8AB
Received: 22 Jun 2026
Validated: 29 Jun 2026
Ward: Chorley North East
Parish: Wheelton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Aug 2026
Decision: Permission in Principle Approved
Decision date: 17 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: S&L Planning Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 80 days from validation, 21 days slower than Chorley's median of 59 for new homes. Approved, as 80% of new homes here are.

This one80d

Council59d

UK57d

45%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

81decided in the last year

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

Public comments

12comments received

11 objecting1 supporting

92% object · above the UK average of 74%

27 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15020484
Planning Portal ref: PP-15020484
Comments by: 13 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 3 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

13 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025

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2025 Refused

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2025 Refused

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Malt House Farm Moss Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AB

Erection of a veranda and a new timber pergola and 3no. paved areas

22/00392/FUL 7 Jul 2022

2022 Approved

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Erection of a veranda and a new timber pergola and 3no. paved areas

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2017 Approved

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2017 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

Land To Rear Of Malthouse Cottages Malt House Farm Blackburn New Road Wheelton Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 50

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 2

Consultation & comments 43

Other documents 3

Site constraints 4

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Important details

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Public comments

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