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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 dates10,621Searchable applications
295Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 9,372 approved or refused records
823Refused applications
8,549 approved · 823 refused · 437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 10 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building ControlLocal plan Planning PolicyPre-application advice Pre application adviceConservation areas Listed buildings and conservation areasArticle 4 directions A guide to Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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
- Granted24/00003/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 9 (Chorley) 1995: T1, T2 and T3 Oaks - 2 metre lateral reduction of branches growing towards property
42 The Bowers Chorley PR7 3LA
Received 2 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00004/FUL
Erection of a single storey side extension
Meridiane House 155 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0TB
Received 2 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00005/NOT
Notification of intention to install 1no. 10m high wooden pole for the provision of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus
538 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7EB
Received 2 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00006/FUL
Creation of a new vehicular access driveway
Leigh Farm Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NY
Received 3 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00007/FULHH
Single storey rear extension (retrospective)
7 Chapel Way Coppull Chorley PR7 4QN
Received 3 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00008/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey side extension
Church Farm High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00009/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension and a single storey side extension
49 New Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QN
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00010/FULHH
First floor front extension to provide balcony and canopy.
11 Duxbury Hall Road Chorley PR7 4AT
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00011/FULHH
Addition of first floor to existing bungalow to form a two storey house.
Marsh House Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LF
Received 7 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00013/TPO
Application for works to a protected tree - Chorley BC TPO 6 (Euxton) 1991: T1 Oak - Lateral reduction of branches overhanging 9 Cedar Avenue by up to 2 metres
10 Beech Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6AZ
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00014/DIS
Application to discharge condition 36 (travel plan) of planning permission ref: 14/00951/OUTMAJ (Outline application for up to 220 dwellings with associated open space and landscaping, with all matters reserved except for access)
Land North Of Lancaster Lane And Bounded By Wigan Road And Shady Lane Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00015/DIS
Application to discharge condition 11 (hedgehog highways) of planning permission 21/00635/REMMAJ (Reserved matters application (appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale) for the erection of 131no. dwellings and associated infrastructure pursuant to outline planning permission ref: 19/00654/OUTMAJ / appeal ref: APP/D2320/W/20/3247136)
Land Between Pear Tree Lane And School Lane Pear Tree Lane Euxton
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00016/DIS
Application to discharge condition 9 (site access and the off-site works) attached to planning permission 20/01134/FULMAJ (Change of use from former 'printworks' to 30no. residential apartments, including partial demolition and extension (resubmission of 19/00090/FULMAJ))
Haslem Printers Ltd Standish Street Chorley PR7 3AJ
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00017/FUL
Provision of 3no. new car parking spaces, bin store, line marking to existing car park and modification of existing landscaping
Parking And Landscaping Area Adjacent 2-32 Broadfields Astley Village
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00018/FUL
Removal and modification of existing landscaping in order to facilitate the provision of 5no. new car parking spaces and addition of line marking to existing car park
Land Adjacent 2-52 Great Meadow Great Meadow Astley Village
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00019/FUL
Erection of timber shed
Withnell Fold Millennium Green Withnell Fold Withnell
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00020/FUL
Demolition of existing outbuildings and erection of 1no. dwelling.
Land Opposite 26 - 36 Heaviley Grove
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00021/DIS
Application to discharge conditions 10 (programme of building recording) and 11 (Written Scheme of Investigation) of listed building consent 21/00532/LBC (Application for listed building consent for works to the Grade II listed stables to facilitate a change of use of vacant care home (Use Class C2) to residential dwelling (Use Class C3) with associated staff and guest accommodation; internal and external repair/refurbishment works and alterations; selective demolition; and two storey extension to service buildings in south west corner of stableyard)
Cuerden Hall Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AZ
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00022/DIS
Application to discharge conditions 10 (programme of building recording) and 11 (Written Scheme of Investigation) of listed building consent 21/00531/LBC (Application for listed building consent for works to the Grade II* listed hall to facilitate a change of use of vacant care home (Use Class C2) to residential dwelling (Use Class C3) including internal and external repair/refurbishment works and alterations; extension including orangery, staircase enclosure and creation of swimming pool with glazed enclosure)
Cuerden Hall Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AZ
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00023/FULHH
Single storey rear extension
19 Shawbrook Close Euxton Chorley PR7 6JY
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00024/FULHH
Part two storey front / part first floor front / part single storey front extensions, and single storey rear extension
39 Manor Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JR
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00025/FULHH
Single storey rear extension, pitched roofs to existing front dormers, and conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation.
128 Preston Road Chorley PR6 7AU
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Refused24/00026/P3PAO
Prior approval application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q (a and b) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to 1no. dwellinghouse and associated building operations
Over Hall Farm Flag Lane Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AD
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Granted24/00027/MNMA
Minor non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 22/01184/FUL (Change of use of no.29 Cunliffe Street from shop (Use Class E) to an 8no. bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO), first floor rear extension, rear dormer extension and insertion of new doors and windows) involving internal alterations to reduce the number of bedrooms to 7 and the removal of a first floor rear extension
Classique Bridal Shop 29 Cunliffe Street Chorley PR7 2BA
Received 10 Jan 2024
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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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