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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 dates10,919Searchable applications
293Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 9,650 approved or refused records
844Refused applications
8,806 approved · 844 refused · 444 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Granted24/00776/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 12 (Hoghton) 1993: 091 and 921 Limes - Remove
Woodland Grange Private Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0DE
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00777/FULHH
Single storey rear extension
504 Preston Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7JB
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Other decision24/00778/PDE
Notification of a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 5m in depth, with eaves height of 2.8m, and a maximum height of 2.8m
20 Carr Meadow Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8HS
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00779/FULHH
Single storey extension to side and rear.
9 Lawrence Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SJ
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00780/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO3 (Eccleston) 2022: Oaks 32T, 33T, 34T and Oak within 16G - Crown raise
Land At Tincklers Lane Tincklers Lane Eccleston
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00781/MNMA
Minor non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 23/01006/FULHH (Single storey rear extension with dormer above and rooflights to front elevation, following demolition of existing garage (retrospective)) involving the alteration of the first floor external bedroom doors to open outwards with an internal barrier, the reduction in size of the windows to the front elevation and a change of window design to the single storey rear extension
53 Watkin Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7PU
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Other decision24/00782/AGR
Agricultural determination for the erection of an agricultural building
Land Off Moss Road Croston PR26 9JS
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00783/TPO
Application for works to a protected tree - Chorley BC TPO 3 (Whittle Le Woods) 2000: T1 Sycamore- Fell; and T2 Sycamore - Fell
Half Moon House Shaw Hill Whittle-le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PP
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00784/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 4 (Chorley) 2009: Various tree works as detailed in the Walkers Tree Services Tree works Schedule
Land Opposite 96 Pilling Lane Chorley
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/00785/FUL
Change of use from licenced premises (sui generis) to 18 bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) (sui generis) with rear dormer loft extension, new second floor to no.7, additional windows to the rear elevation along with roof lights to the front and removal of the over cladding to the main entrance door
5 - 7 Fazakerley Street Chorley PR7 1BG
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00786/FUL
Section 73 application to vary condition 7 (off-site works of highway improvement) attached to planning permission 24/00263/FUL (Change of use from night club to no.18 bed house in multiple occupation (sui generis) incorporating second floor rear extension)
Applejax Night Club 1 Back Mount Street Chorley PR7 1EA
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00787/FULHH
Part two storey side extension, part single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing rear extension)
68 Lancaster Lane Clayton-le-woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 15 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/00789/FUL
Erection of a building to be used for storage of equestrian equipment (retrospective)
Salt Pit Farm Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00790/FUL
Erection of agricultural storage building
Whittle Green Farm Mill Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LG
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00791/TCON
Notification of proposed works to a tree within a conservation area involving the removal of 1no. sycamore
Withnell Fold Farm Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00792/TCON
Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area involving the removal of 2no. oak and the crown reduction of a group of mixed species trees
White Coppice Cricket Club White Coppice Heapey Chorley PR6 9DE
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00793/DIS
Application to discharge condition 21 (details of bin and cycle stores) of planning permission 23/00583/FULMAJ (Section 73 application to vary conditions nos.2 (approved plans) and 3 (approved materials) attached to planning permission ref. 21/00327/FULMAJ (Erection of 76no. affordable dwellings with access, parking, landscaping and all other associated works (including pumping station)) (allowed on appeal - APP/D2320/W/22/3313413) to seek approval for substitute dwellings)
Land 120M East Of 27 Charter Lane Charnock Richard
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00794/FUL
Rearrangement of the internal layout of the dwelling, including removal of some internal non-load bearing partitions and construction of new timber partitions, addition of a new front window and 2no. new roof lights and installation of new secondary glazing systems on existing windows following demolition of modern brick lean-to on the rear side of the farmhouse and the modern timber and stone porch.
Wards O'Th Hill Farm Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SJ
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00795/LBC
Listed Building Consent for the rearrangement of the internal layout of the dwelling, including removal of some internal non-load bearing partitions and construction of new timber partitions, addition of a new front window and 2no. new roof lights and installation of new secondary glazing systems on existing windows following demolition of modern brick lean-to on the rear side of the farmhouse and the modern timber and stone porch.
Wards O'Th Hill Farm Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SJ
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00796/FULHH
New pitched roof to existing detached flat roof garage (retrospective)
7 Parkside Avenue Chorley PR7 1JY
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Other decision24/00797/PAR
Prior approval application under Part 14, Class J of Schedule 2 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the installation of solar photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roof of a non-domestic building
Parklands High School Southport Road Chorley PR7 1LL
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00798/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 3 (Euxton) 1981: T3 and T4 Oaks - Lateral reduction of branches growing towards properties on Euxton Hall Mews
1 Euxton Hall Mews Euxton Chorley PR7 6QE
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00799/DIS
Application to discharge conditions 5 (lighting design strategy), 8 (biodiversity enhancement), 11 (tree protection plan & arboricultural method statement), 14 (coal mining risk assessment) and 15 (landscaping scheme) of planning permission ref: 23/00759/FUL (Erection of 1no. single storey dwelling and detached car port)
Farnworth House Farm Grundys Lane Chorley PR7 4BZ
Received 21 Sept 2024 - Granted24/00801/FULHH
Single storey rear extension and extension to front of detached garage
76 Yarrow Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SJ
Received 19 Sept 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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