Decision details

A report was presented on an application for a single storey extension to provide 3 additional classrooms, a studio, a staff room, a new visitor reception and lobby area, storage space, two cloakroom/ toilet areas for the teaching areas and circulation corridors, a relocated and smaller 17 space car park with associated lighting columns, conversion of the existing grassed playing field into an all-weather pitch with 3.6m high weld mesh fencing, and revised junior playground area and extended infant playground area at St. Georges Primary School, Carr Lane, Chorley.

The report included the views of the County Council's Highways Development Control, the Coal Authority, Sport England, the County Council's Specialist Advisors (Lighting, Landscape & Ecology) and details of two letters of representation received.

The Development Management Officer presented a PowerPoint presentation which included an aerial photograph of the site and the nearest residential properties. The Committee was also shown photographs of the access road and the site from various viewpoints and an illustration of the site layout plan and the proposed buildings.

The Officer reported orally that Sport England had now withdrawn their objection to the proposal and therefore condition 3 could be deleted and replaced with the following condition:

The all-weather pitch shall be constructed in accordance with drawing L102 – General External Works Proposals – Synthetic Grass Pitch and Car Parking and drawing L105 Detailed External Works Proposals – Synthetic Grass Pitch.

Reason: To provide good quality school outdoor open space and sport and recreational facilities, and to protect the visual amenities of the area, and to conform with Policies BNE1 and HW2 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026 Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Development Plan Document, and Policies 14 and 24 of the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy Local Development Framework.

Resolved: That planning permission be Granted subject to the conditions set out in the report to the Committee and subject to the replacement of condition 3 with the condition set out above.