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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 dates10,773Searchable applications
294Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 9,511 approved or refused records
832Refused applications
8,679 approved · 832 refused · 442 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Granted24/00422/FUL
Change of use of the dwelling to a live/work unit
5 Gleadhill House Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6NN
Received 22 May 2024 - Unknown24/00423/MNMA
Minor non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 21/01360/FULHH (Erection of detached garage (following demolition of existing garage) and elevational alterations to existing property including replacement of integral garage door with window and brickwork) involving an increase to the width, eaves height and roof overhang of the garage, removal of 1no. door from the side (west) elevation and insertion of a window instead and the installation of a Juliet balcony to the side (west) elevation at first floor level
32 Hawkswood Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RW
Received 22 May 2024 - Granted24/00424/DIS
Application to discharge condition no.36 (remediation strategy and validation reports) of planning permission ref: 16/00804/FULMAJ (Full application for the erection of 201 dwellings, associated access, drainage and the provision of public open space and landscaping)
Land 120M South West Of 21 Lower Burgh Way Lower Burgh Way Chorley
Received 23 May 2024 - Granted24/00425/FULHH
Single storey side extension.
Folly House Syd Brook Lane Eccleston Leyland PR26 9HE
Received 23 May 2024 - Granted24/00426/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed siting of a mobile home to provide ancillary accommodation
Crabtree House Hill House Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NR
Received 23 May 2024 - Granted24/00427/DIS
Application to discharge condition no. 4 (roof materials) of listed building consent ref: 23/01015/LBC (Application for listed building consent a replacement roof)
Batesons Farm Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NL
Received 23 May 2024 - Granted24/00428/FUL
Conversion of 3 existing parking spaces to 2 electric vehicle with the installation of 2 rapid electric vehicle charging stations and ancillary equipment
Ackhurst Park Industrial Estate Foxhole Road Chorley
Received 23 May 2024 - Refused24/00429/TPO
Application for works to a protected tree - Chorley BC TPO 7 (Whittle-le-Woods) 1996: T1 Oak - Crown reduce by up to 30%
16 Dunham Drive Whittle-le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DN
Received 23 May 2024 - Granted24/00430/FUL
Erection of detached dwelling (substitution of house type at phase 3)
Euxton Mill Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 24 May 2024 - Granted24/00431/FULHH
First floor front extension including side facing balcony above existing garage, single storey rear extension, infill porch to front elevation, and associated alterations including change of windows, roofline and rainwater goods.
6 Millwood Close Withnell Chorley PR6 8AR
Received 24 May 2024 - Refused24/00432/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension and alterations to existing garage
6 Parkers Wood Close Chorley PR7 2FD
Received 24 May 2024 - Granted24/00434/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension
73 Regents Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6PG
Received 27 May 2024 - Granted24/00435/NOT
Notification of intention to remove 2no. existing side-by-side cabinets and replacement with 1no. new equipment cabinet and associated ancillary works
T-Mobile Telecommunication Mast Cottage Fields Chorley
Received 29 May 2024 - Granted24/00436/NOT
Notice of intention to install 1no. 9m wooden pole for installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus
Outside 1 Radburn Close Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7RB
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Granted24/00437/NOT
Notice of intention to install 1no. 9m medium wooden telephone pole for the installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus
68 Daisy Meadow Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8DH
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Granted24/00438/MNMA
Minor non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 24/00050/FULHH (Single storey rear/side extension, external alterations to garage in order to facilitate provision of habitable accommodation and render of property) involving the alteration of the external material to brick and repositioning of rear bi-fold doors
17 Windermere Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9PD
Received 29 May 2024 - Granted24/00439/MNMA
Minor non material amendment to reserved matters consent ref: 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) involving the substitution of two house types, materials and updated plan references.
Land Between Pear Tree Lane And School Lane Pear Tree Lane Euxton
Received 24 May 2024 - Granted24/00440/P3PAO
Prior approval application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q (a and c) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the proposed change of use of a building to 1no. dwellinghouse and associated building operations
Over Hall Barn Flag Lane Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AD
Received 22 May 2024 - Granted24/00441/FUL
Erection of a detached outbuilding in order to facilitate the provision of ancillary residential accommodation in association with no. 7 Red Bridge House (retrospective)
7 Red House Bridge Adlington Chorley PR7 4HX
Received 29 May 2024 - Granted24/00442/FUL
Insertion of roof lights
54 Chapel Street Chorley PR7 1BS
Received 30 May 2024 - Granted24/00443/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed side dormer
21 Yew Tree Close Chorley PR7 3TA
Received 30 May 2024 - Granted24/00640/MNMA
Minor non-material amendment to planning permission 23/00706/FUL (Section 73 application to vary condition 3 (approved plans) of permission 22/00509/FUL (Redevelopment of the site, including the demolition and conversion of existing buildings to create 5no. residential dwellings (resubmission of 20/01087/FUL)) to amend the dwelling types of Plots 5 and 6) to make changes to the elevational details of Unit 3
Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Granted24/00445/FULHH
Single storey side extension and conversion of part of garage to habitable accommodation
39 The Fields Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SD
Received 31 May 2024 - Granted24/00446/TPO
Application for works to a protected tree - Chorley BC TPO 13 (School Lane, Euxton) 1999: T1 Oak - Crown reduction of up to 1 metre, back to previous pruning points
10 Cherryfields Euxton Chorley PR7 6JS
Received 1 Jun 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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