Higher Derbyshires Gilsbrook Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SA Data via plota.co.uk

26/00308/FUL - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Change of use from former cafe (Use Class E) to ancillary residential use as part of main dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

3 Apr 2026

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Validated

24 Apr 2026

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Approved

19 Jun 2026

Approved on 19 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 9

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.

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Registered park or garden 21 m away: Lever Park

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

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

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 387 m away: West Pennine Moors SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat 26 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area225 m² (2,422 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (67 out of 100), could reach B

PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms

Built2012 onwards

HeatingAir source heat pump, underfloor, electric

WallsSandstone or limestone, with internal insulation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2015, 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: Full Planning
Postcode: BL6 7SA
Received: 3 Apr 2026
Validated: 24 Apr 2026
Ward: Adlington And Anderton
Parish: Rivington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Jun 2026
Decision: Permit Full Planning Permission
Decision date: 19 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 68% of changes of use here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK56d

55%decided within 8 weeks

68%approved

14%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14830990
Planning Portal ref: PP-14830990
Comments by: 15 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 19 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Chorley

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#42 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

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.