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Chorley Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
7,941Searchable applications
287Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 6,924 approved or refused records
623Refused applications

6,301 approved · 623 refused · 314 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas9 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

  1. Granted20/00405/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 5no. 10m high telephone poles

    Wood Lane Mawdesley

    Received 6 May 2020
  2. Granted20/00406/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 1no. 10m high telephone pole

    Holly Bank Moody Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TB

    Received 6 May 2020
  3. Granted20/00407/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 6no. 9m high telephone poles

    High Street Mawdesley

    Received 6 May 2020
  4. Granted20/00408/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 9no. 9m high telephone poles

    Moody Lane Mawdesley

    Received 6 May 2020
  5. Granted20/00409/FUL

    Single storey side extensions to east and west elevations

    Playdor Nursery School The Bungalow 4 Chorley Hall Road Chorley PR7 1RJ

    Received 6 May 2020
  6. Granted20/00410/FULHH

    Single storey front extension (resubmission of planning permission ref. 19/00238/FULHH - Single storey front extension)

    1 Heapey House Heapey Road Heapey Chorley PR6 9BW

    Received 6 May 2020
  7. Granted20/00411/CLPUD

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed front porch and rear dormer

    52 Pear Tree Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HX

    Received 6 May 2020
  8. Granted20/00412/COU

    Change of use from dwelling to shop and dwelling

    3 Railway Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4EH

    Received 7 May 2020
  9. Granted20/00413/FULHH

    Rear balcony

    Julinden Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NT

    Received 8 May 2020
  10. Granted20/00414/TPO

    Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 5 (Bretherton) 1987:T8 Beech - Reduce lateral branch growing towards barn by 5m. Crown raise to 4m above ground level.T6 Beech - Reduce lateral branch growing over barn by 4m.

    Barn Off North Road Bretherton

    Received 10 May 2020
  11. Granted20/00415/FULHH

    Two storey rear extension

    White Gates Sandy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QB

    Received 11 May 2020
  12. Granted20/00416/FULHH

    Conversion of existing garage to habitable accommodation

    7 Thurstan Place Chorley PR7 3FS

    Received 11 May 2020
  13. Granted20/00417/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 1no. 11m light telephone pole

    11 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH

    Received 12 May 2020
  14. Granted20/00418/MNMA

    Minor non material amendment to planning permission 19/00075/FULMAJ (Change of use from hotel to 14 flats) involving alterations to the internal arrangement, fenestration, removal of conservatory and details of bin and cycle store

    Brook House Hotel 662 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7EH

    Received 13 May 2020
  15. Granted20/00419/DIS

    Application to discharge conditions 6 (surface water drainage) and 10 (dwelling emission rate) of planning permission 18/00773/FUL (Erection of 1no. pair of semi-detached dwellings)

    127A Station Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RP

    Received 13 May 2020
  16. No Objections20/00420/TCON

    Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area, involving works to a Yew tree in Croston Cemetery

    Croston Cemetery Carr Lane Croston

    Received 13 May 2020
  17. Granted20/00421/TPO

    Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 3 (Chorley) 2005: T1 Poplar - Remove the three lowest branches growing over gardens. T2 Poplar - Remove the two lowest branches growing over garden. T3 Poplar - Remove the lowest branch growing over garden.

    24 Duxbury Gardens Chorley PR7 3JZ

    Received 13 May 2020
  18. Granted20/00422/FULHH

    Single storey rear extension, conversion of garage to habitable accommodation and construction of pitched roof above existing garage

    14 Casterton Euxton Chorley PR7 6HN

    Received 13 May 2020
  19. Granted20/00423/FULHH

    Single storey rear extension

    Corner Croft Wigan Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DD

    Received 13 May 2020
  20. Granted20/00424/FUL

    Front dormer extension across nos. 27 and 29 Manor Road, first floor side extension to no. 27 Manor Road, two storey side extension to no. 29 Manor Road and elevational alterations to both properties

    27 & 29 Manor Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JG

    Received 14 May 2020
  21. Granted20/00425/TPO

    Application for work to a protected tree - Chorley BC TPO 1 (Euxton) 1996: T1 Oak - 2 metre crown reduction

    10 Cherryfields Euxton Chorley PR7 6JS

    Received 14 May 2020
  22. Granted20/00426/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 2no. 10m high wooden poles

    Rose Cottage Moss Lane Bretherton Leyland PR26 9BB

    Received 15 May 2020
  23. Granted20/00427/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 2no. 9m high wooden poles

    Mossgate Marl Cop Bretherton Leyland PR26 9BD

    Received 15 May 2020
  24. Granted20/00428/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 2no. 9m high wooden poles

    Opposite The Burrows Moss Lane Bretherton

    Received 15 May 2020

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Chorley Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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