Planning application
17 Austin Drive Chorley PR7 3DF
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for existing use for the conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation including internal alterations and replacing the garage door with a window.
As published by the council, reference 26/00235/CLEUD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00235/CLEUD
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use)
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant Cert of Lawfulness for Est Use
- Received
- 11 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 11 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 6 May 2026
- Ward
- Chorley South East And Heath Charnock
- Parish
- Chorley
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PR7 3DF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Mar 2026
Received by Chorley
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6 May 2026
Decision issued: Grant Cert of Lawfulness for Est Use
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- DECISION - CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL USE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CIL OFFICERS
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATIONPLAN
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- EXISTING ORIGNAL FLOOR PLAN
- BUILDING REGULATIONS FINAL CERTIFICATE OF WORK
- BUILDERS PLAN OF WORK 11 JANUARY 2014
- LEASEHOLDER PERMISSION 20 MARCH 2014
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Chorley granted permission on 6 May 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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