Planning application
Smithills Farm Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Alterations to the existing dwelling including: 1. Part two storey, part single storey rear extension including balcony 2. Extended entrance porch 3. Realignment and rebuilding of the main upper roof to form a uniform ridge 4. Rebuilding of eastern gable wall 5. Detached garage annex with covered roof link
As published by the council, reference 25/01246/FULHH
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01246/FULHH
- Type
- Householder Application
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Permit Full Planning Permission
- Received
- 22 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 22 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Chorley North East
- Parish
- Heapey
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PR6 9BU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chorley register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00725/FUL Awaiting decision
Smithills Farm Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Section 73 application to vary conditions 2 (approved plans) and 8 (self-build) of planning permission ref: 25/00253/FUL (Conversion of an existing stone barn into a self-build dwelling including part single/part two storey rear extension)
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26/00407/DIS Awaiting decision
Smithills Farm Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Application to discharge condition numbers 5 (site access), 7 (surface water drainage scheme), 12 (bird nest survey), 13 (materials, boundary treatments and floor levels), 14 (landscaping), 16 (bat boxes), 17 (bird mitigation) and 18 (bird boxes) attached to planning permission ref: 25/00787/FUL (Erection of 1no. self-build dwelling following demolition of existing outbuildings)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Dec 2025
Received by Chorley
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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31 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Permit Full Planning Permission
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 25/00418/CLPUD (Granted)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
BPD Architecture Agent, an architecture practice
68 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 93% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- DECISION - FULL PLANNING PERMISSION
- UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING DRAFT
- CIL OFFICERS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- SITE NOTICE - PLANNING APPLICATIONS
- NEIGHBOUR LETTER - INITIAL CONSULTATION
- SITE NOTICE - PLANNING APPLICATIONS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- 1216_SFH_BD1 SMITHILLS FARM HEAPEY EXISTING DWELLING DETAILS
- EXISTING SITE 1216_SFH_ESLP SMITHILLS FARM HEAPEY EXISTING SITE LAYOUT PLAN HOUS
- PROPOSED PLANS 1216_SFH_BD4 G SMITHILLS FARM HEAPEY EXISTING DWELLING ALTERATION
- PROPOSED SITE 1216_SFH_SLP B SMITHILLS FARM HEAPEY PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT PLAN HOU
- COMPARISON 1216_SFH_BD7 SMITHILLS FARM HEAPEY EXISTING HOUSE PROPOSED EXTENSION
- 1216_SFH_LP SMITHILLS FARM HIGHER HOUSE LANE HEAPEY A3 HOUSE LOCATION
- STATEMENT 1216_SFH_HHS SMITHILLS FARM HIGHER HOUSE LANE HEAPEY HOUSEHOLDER SUPPO
- BS5837 AIA -AMS SMITHILLS FARM
- 1216_SMITHELLS FARM ECOLOGY REPORT INCLUDING NOCTURNAL BAT SURVEYS AUGUST 2025
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Chorley granted permission on 31 July 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 householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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