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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
8,073Searchable applications
287Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 7,041 approved or refused records
631Refused applications

6,410 approved · 631 refused · 321 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Granted20/00709/FULHH

    Erection of garden tree house and rope bridges

    16 High Bank Heapey Chorley PR6 9AY

    Received 9 Jul 2020
  2. Granted20/00710/FULHH

    Erection of fence with maximum height of 2 metres (retrospective)

    1 Deerfold Astley Village Chorley PR7 1UD

    Received 9 Jul 2020
  3. Refused20/00712/PDE

    Notification of a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 4m in depth, with eaves height of 2.25m, and a maximum height of 3.8m

    31 Hunts Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TT

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  4. Granted20/00713/DIS

    Application to discharge condition 6 (dwelling emission rate details) and condition 7 (dwelling emission rate achieved) attached to planning permission 19/00522/FUL (Erection of dwelling following demolition of existing storage building)

    Woods Fold Saw Mill Dole Lane Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8EB

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  5. Granted20/00714/FUL

    Extension to existing agricultural building

    Home Farm Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  6. Granted20/00715/FUL

    Erection of an extension to an existing agricultural building to house livestock

    J.V & S.A. Rowland Tootles Farm Bentley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SW

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  7. Granted20/00716/FUL

    Conversion of existing Methodist Chapel into one dwelling, including a first floor rear extension

    Pearson House Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  8. Granted20/00717/LBC

    Application for listed building consent for the conversion of existing Methodist Chapel into one dwelling, including a first floor rear extension

    Pearson House Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  9. Granted20/00719/TPO

    Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 6 (Euxton) 1980: T1 Sycamore - 20% crown thin; T2 Horse Chestnut - fell; andT3 Horse Chestnut - prune to give 2 metres clearance from building

    4 The Croft Euxton Chorley PR7 6LH

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  10. Unknown20/00720/TPO

    Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 6 (Euxton) 1980: T1 Horse Chestnut - crown lift to 3 metres above ground level; T3 Sycamore - fell; T4 Horse Chestnut - crown lift to 3 metres above ground level; T5 Sycamore - fell; and T6 Oak - crown lift to 3 metres above ground level

    2 The Croft Euxton Chorley PR7 6LH

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  11. Granted20/00722/FULHH

    Single storey rear extension (conservatory)

    4 Whinfell Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5AL

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  12. Granted20/00723/FULHH

    Single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing conservatory)

    10 Pine Grove Chorley PR6 7BW

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  13. No Objections20/00724/TCON

    Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area: Felling of ash tree and conifers

    1 The Bothy Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ

    Received 10 Jul 2020
  14. Granted20/00725/CB3MAJ

    Section 73 application to vary condition 18 (site access construction) attached to planning permission 20/00124/CB3MAJ (Section 73 application to vary conditions 3 (approved plans), 4 (materials) and 5 (parking layout) attached to planning permission 17/00954/FULMAJ (Erection of part three storey, part two storey, part single storey GP surgery, pharmacy and community cafe with associated car parking, access and landscaping following demolition of existing building)) to alter the timing for the construction of the site access

    Whittle-Le-Woods And Clayton-Le-Woods Parish Club 239 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PY

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  15. Granted20/00726/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 1no 8m high telephone pole

    2 Whalley Road Heskin Chorley PR7 5NY

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  16. Granted20/00727/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 3no. 8m high telephone poles

    Hiltons Cottage Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NP

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  17. Refused20/00728/CLPUD

    Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the extension of an existing detached outbuilding

    1 Sutton Fold Sutton Lane Adlington Chorley PR6 9PB

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  18. Granted20/00729/FULHH

    Single storey rear extension and external alterations including render to property

    25 Carr Meadow Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8HR

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  19. Granted20/00730/TPO

    Application for works to a protected tree - Chorley BC TPO 2 (Euxton) 1986: Oak (T1) - Crown reduction to a maximum of 25%

    40 Fieldside Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6JF

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  20. Granted20/00731/FULHH

    Demolition of existing side and rear single storey extension, and construction of new single storey side and single storey rear extension

    20 Queens Grove Chorley PR7 1JX

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  21. Granted20/00732/FULHH

    Erection of outbuilding including its use as a hairdressing studio incidental to the main dwellinghouse

    26 Whalley Road Heskin Chorley PR7 5NY

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  22. Granted20/00733/FUL

    Single storey side/rear extension and extension to existing dropped kerb (Resubmission of planning permission ref. 19/01014/FUL - Single storey side/rear extension and extension to existing dropped kerb)

    44 Lawrence Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SJ

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  23. No Objections20/00734/TCON

    Notification of proposed works to a tree within a conservation area including the crown thin of 1no. silver birch

    Park View 38 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB

    Received 13 Jul 2020
  24. Granted20/00735/FULHH

    Two storey rear extension

    308 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HZ

    Received 14 Jul 2020

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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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