Lea Hough wins appeal for 123 homes in Chorley

Now that outline planning permission has been secured, the chartered surveyors will be putting the 13.6-acre site near Blainscough Hall on the market.

The application had been refused in April last year over concerns about developing on safeguarded land, and the impact it could have on highways, education facilities and the environment. In the absence of a clear 5-year housing supply from Chorley Council, the planning inspectorate decided those concerns were secondary to the benefits the development would have towards providing homes in the area.

The outline application called for two acres of public open space, including a linear park and ecological buffer zone between the development and a local nature reserve.

Of the possible 123 homes, up to 37 would be designated affordable.

Lea Hough said it would be marketing the site on the behalf of the landowners, aiming for a housing developer to ultimately purchase it and deliver the homes.

NJL Consulting was the planning consultant for the project, which was designed by Baldwin Design Consultancy. Eddisons was the transport consultant, REFA the geo-environmental one, and Pennine Ecological the ecological consultant.

The project team also included Lees Roxborough on flood risk and outline drainage strategy, Wardell Armstrong on minerals resource consultancy, Ensafe on air quality screening, and Christians Environmental on arboriculture consultancy. Briary Energy and Clement Acoustics also helped with the development.

Interested in learning more about the plans in Coppull? The application’s reference number with Chorley Council is 20/01399/OUTMAJ.

Approved outline layout for the land at Blainscough Hall project. Credit: via planning documents