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Rigby And Partners Consulting Engineers 18 St Thomas's Road Chorley PR7 1HR

Refused Chorley 21/00711/P3PAJ Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings

Works: New dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior approval application under Part 3, Class O of The Town and Country (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for change of use from offices (Class B1a) to 4no. residential apartments (Class C3)

As published by the council, reference 21/00711/P3PAJ

Application record

Reference
21/00711/P3PAJ
Type
Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
Status
Refused
Decision
Prior Approval Refused (COU)
Received
3 Jun 2021
Validated
3 Jun 2021
Decided
28 Jul 2021
Ward
Chorley North West
Parish
Chorley
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
PR7 1HR

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Jun 2021

    Received by Chorley

  2. 28 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused (COU)

  3. 30 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Peter E Gilkes & Company Agent, registered in Chorley

Active · incorporated 2025 · Chorley

14 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

17 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Chorley refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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