Chorley Borough Council’s planning committee gave the development a resounding 'no'
Plans for a new block of flats near Chorley town centre have been kicked out by councillors amid a wrangle over how many floors the building would have. The proposed development – on the former site of a Mormon Church meeting room on Water Street – was described in a report to Chorley Borough Council’s planning committee as a three-storey scheme.
It was the height of the building that dissuaded a majority of members from supporting the recommendation of the council’s own planning officers to approve the proposal.Case officer Mike Halsall acknowledged that his judgement had been “finely balanced”, because of concerns raised by a heritage adviser that the development would harm the appearance of the St. Laurence’s Conservation Area in which it would sit – albeit only to a level which was “less than substantial”.
Nearby resident Natalie Middleton also said that the block would be “overbearing” and could “gravely” affect the mental health of people living in surrounding properties because of the lack of light that would enter their homes after the apartments were built. He said that the positioning of the block towards the bottom of a valley meant that it would be “less prominent” than it otherwise would have been and described the site as “exactly the right sort of location” for a development to help meet Chorley’s housing needs.
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