Planning application
Highfield 20 Bett Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JH
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use of a parcel of land from agricultural use to residential garden land incidental to 20 Bett Lane. No buildings, structures or engineering operations are proposed. The site is enclosed by post and rail fencing, installed in accordance with the agreed boundary treatment.
As published by the council, reference 26/00378/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00378/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refuse Full Planning Permission
- Received
- 26 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 26 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 19 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Chorley North East
- Parish
- Wheelton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PR6 8JH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Apr 2026
Received by Chorley
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19 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Refuse Full Planning Permission
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION - REFUSAL OF FULL PP
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- CONSULTATION LETTER
- NEIGHBOUR LETTER - INITIAL CONSULTATION
- SITE NOTICE - PLANNING APPLICATIONS
- CIL OFFICERS.
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATIONPLAN
- 20 BETT LANE PLANNING PERMISSION - SITE PLAN
- 20 BETT LANE - PLANNING STATEMENT
Trade members open them from here.
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