Planning application
Hm Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Section 73 application to vary conditions 1 (time limit for submission of reserved matters and commencement), 2 (approved plans - outline), 7 (operational lighting scheme), 9 (phase 2 commencement), 10 (approved plans - full), 12 (playing field details), 19 (soft landscaping) and 34 (ground investigation and remediation) attached to hybrid planning permission 21/01028/OUTMAJ (Hybrid planning application seeking: Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for means of access, parking and landscaping) for a new prison (up to 74,531.71 sqm GEA) (Class C2A) within a secure perimeter fence following demolition of existing buildings and structures and together with associated engineering works; Outline planning permission for a replacement boiler house (with all matters reserved except for access); and Full planning permission for a replacement bowling green and club house (Class F2(c)) on land adjacent to HMP Garth and HMP Wymott, Leyland) to respond to changes in phasing and changes to the bowling green playing surface.
As published by the council, reference 25/00991/OUTMAJ
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00991/OUTMAJ
- Type
- Major Outline Planning
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permit Outline Planning Permission
- Received
- 15 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 15 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 2 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South
- Parish
- Ulnes Walton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PR26 8LW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chorley register
This site has had 6 applications since 2021: 5 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00624/MNMA Granted
Hm Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Minor non material amendment to reserved matters permission 25/01252/REMMAJ (Reserved matters including appearance, layout, scale and landscaping pursuant to phase 3 of planning permission ref. 21/01028/OUTMAJ for the construction of a new energy centre and executive cabin ancillary to the development of the new prison) involving the removal of the executive cabin and relocation of the car park.
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26/00113/DIS Granted
Hm Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Application to discharge conditions 20 (Construction Management Plan phases 1-3), 22 (surface water sustainable drainage strategy phases 2 and 3), 23 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan phases 1-3) and 33 (Historic Building Recording and Analysis written scheme of investigation) attached to planning permission 21/01028/OUTMAJ (Hybrid planning application seeking: Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for means of access, parking and landscaping) for a new prison (up to 74,531.71 sqm GEA) (Class C2A) within a secure perimeter fence following demolition of existing buildings and structures and together with associated engineering works; Outline planning permission for a replacement boiler house (with all matters reserved except for access); and Full planning permission for a replacement bowling green and club house (Class F2(c)) on land adjacent to HMP Garth and HMP Wymott, Leyland)
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26/00114/DIS Granted
Hm Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Application to discharge condition 29 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan), 30 (BNG Phasing Plan), 34 (Ground Contamination phases 2 and 3) and 35 (Ecological and landscape mitigation for A581 junction) attached to planning permission 21/01028/OUTMAJ (Hybrid planning application seeking: Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for means of access, parking and landscaping) for a new prison (up to 74,531.71 sqm GEA) (Class C2A) within a secure perimeter fence following demolition of existing buildings and structures and together with associated engineering works; Outline planning permission for a replacement boiler house (with all matters reserved except for access); and Full planning permission for a replacement bowling green and club house (Class F2(c)) on land adjacent to HMP Garth and HMP Wymott, Leyland)
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26/00096/DIS Granted
Hm Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Application to discharge conditions 7 (Operational Lighting Scheme - phase 3), 11 (Bowling Green Maintenance Plan), 12 (Bowling Green Ground Conditions, Agronomy and Flood Lighting) and 17 (Bowling Green External Lighting Scheme) attached to planning permission 21/01028/OUTMAJ (Hybrid planning application seeking: Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for means of access, parking and landscaping) for a new prison (up to 74,531.71 sqm GEA) (Class C2A) within a secure perimeter fence following demolition of existing buildings and structures and together with associated engineering works; Outline planning permission for a replacement boiler house (with all matters reserved except for access); and Full planning permission for a replacement bowling green and club house (Class F2(c)) on land adjacent to HMP Garth and HMP Wymott, Leyland)
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21/00968/SCE Decided
HM Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Request for Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 5 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a new Category C Resettlement Prison and associated uses and access located to the north of HMP Garth and HMP Wymott; including 7 houseblocks, each occupying up to 245 prisoners; and support buildings, including kitchen, workshops and a central services hub, totalling c. 21,000 sqm.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Oct 2025
Received by Chorley
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2 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Permit Outline Planning Permission
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 21/01028/OUTMAJ (Refused)
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- DECISION - GRANT OUTLINE PP
- S106
- S106
- GW2 S73 COVER LETTER NOV 2025
- SITE NOTICE - PLANNING APPLICATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CIL OFFICERS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- SITE-PHASING PLAN_PLANNING_SECTION 73 REV02
- BOWLING_GREEN_LANDSCAPE_PROPOSALS__BC___A1_SECTION 73
- COMPREHENSIVE LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN_SECTION 73REV02
- SITE_BLOCK_PLAN_PROPOSED__BC___A1_SECTION 73
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Chorley granted permission on 2 June 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Hm Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Minor non material amendment to reserved matters permission 25/01252/REMMAJ (Reserved matters including appearance, layout, scale and landscaping pursuant to phase 3 of planning permission ref. 21/01028/OUTMAJ for the construction of a new energy centre and executive cabin ancillary to the development of the new prison) involving the removal of the executive cabin and relocation of the car park.
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Request for Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 5 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a new Category C Resettlement Prison and associated uses and access located to the north of HMP Garth and HMP Wymott; including 7 houseblocks, each occupying up to 245 prisoners; and support buildings, including kitchen, workshops and a central services hub, totalling c. 21,000 sqm.
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