Land South Of 1 Moss Terrace Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB Data via plota.co.uk

25/01138/PIP - Permission In Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in principle application for the erection of up to two dwellinghouses Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

24 Nov 2025

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Validated

27 Nov 2025

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Approved

24 Apr 2026

Approved on 24 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Site constraints 6

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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Agricultural land, grade 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 3. 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; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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.

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Important details

Council: Chorley
Application type: Permission In Principle
Postcode: PR6 8AB
Received: 24 Nov 2025
Validated: 27 Nov 2025
Ward: Chorley North East
Parish: Whittle-le-Woods
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Jan 2026
Decision: Permission in Principle Approved
Decision date: 24 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: MWT Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 148 days from validation, 89 days slower than Chorley's median of 59 for new homes. Approved, as 80% of new homes here are.

This one148d

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

3comments received

2 objecting1 neutral

67% object · below the UK average of 74%

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 16 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry: 1 Jan 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Refused

1 Moss Terrace Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB

Erection of a timber granny annexe for ancillary use to the main dwelling

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2025 Refused

1 Moss Terrace Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB

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2025 Refused

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2022 Approved

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

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

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2022 Approved

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

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

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2020 Approved

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2020 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 South Of 1 Moss Terrace Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 8

Other documents 1

Site constraints 6

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