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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 dates11,633Searchable applications
301Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 10,307 approved or refused records
887Refused applications
9,420 approved · 887 refused · 466 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Granted24/01079/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 3 (Eccleston) 2004: T11 & T12 - Sycamore - All round reduction of up to 3m to suitable pruning points, formative pruning for management of trees
349A The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PH
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01080/FULHH
Erection of 2.48m high boundary wall to either side of property frontage, 1.63m high wall to the front boundary and hard surfacing to frontage to create car park
27 Russell Square West Chorley PR6 0AR
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Other decision24/01081/AGR
Agricultural determination for the erection of a polytunnel
Guest House Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HD
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01082/FULHH
Single storey side/rear extension (following demolition of garage)
20 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01083/FUL
Provision of 16no. car parking spaces including 2no. demarcated disabled bays, creation of dropped kerbs and widening of existing access paths and associated BNG works (resubmission of planning permission ref 21/00450/FUL, with minor adaptation to conform with S278 approvals).
Highways And Landscaped Strip In Front Of 29 - 43 And 72 - 86 Brown Street, Chorley.
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01084/FUL
Siting of 30no. steel storage containers in order to facilitate the provision of a self-storage facility and the erection of an associated booking office/cabin and boundary fencing and gates (part retrospective)
Bonny Greenhalgh And Co Industrial Premises Back Ashby Street Chorley PR7 3EB
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01085/ADV
Application for advertisement consent for the display of 5no. non-illuminated signs
Bonny Greenhalgh And Co Industrial Premises Back Ashby Street Chorley PR7 3EB
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01086/FULHH
Part two storey / part single storey rear extension and alterations to existing single storey rear projection (following demolition of existing single storey rear extension)
89 Towngate Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QS
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01087/DIS
Application to discharge condition 4 (materials) of planning permission ref. 24/00248/FUL (Demolition of vacant public house and erection of drive-thru restaurant with associated access, servicing, car parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works)
The Beaumont Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01088/FUL
Section 73 application to vary condition no. 4 (approved plans) of planning permission ref: 23/00894/FUL (Erection of 1no. detached dwellinghouse with associated landscaping (following demolition of existing dwelling and buildings)) in order to amend the design of the dwelling.
Top O'th Hill Farm Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01089/DIS
Application to discharge condition 13 (CEMP) of planning permission ref. 24/00248/FUL (Demolition of vacant public house and erection of drive-thru restaurant with associated access, servicing, car parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works)
The Beaumont Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01090/DIS
Application to discharge condition 10 (arrangements for future management and maintenance of roads) of planning permission ref. 24/00248/FUL (Demolition of vacant public house and erection of drive-thru restaurant with associated access, servicing, car parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works)
The Beaumont Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01091/DIS
Application to discharge condition 16 (RAMS - bats) of planning permission ref. 24/00248/FUL (Demolition of vacant public house and erection of drive-thru restaurant with associated access, servicing, car parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works)
The Beaumont Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 19 Dec 2024 - No Objections24/01092/TCON
Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area involving the pollarding of 2no. trees to the rear of no. 74 Town Road
Coffee Cottage 74 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RB
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01093/FULHH
Detached double garage
Church Farm House High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01094/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed outbuilding
Church Farm House High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01095/DIS
Application to discharge condition no.12 (site access and off-site highway work details) of planning permission ref. 24/00248/FUL (Demolition of vacant public house and erection of drive-thru restaurant with associated access, servicing, car parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works.)
The Beaumont Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01096/ADV
Application for advertisement consent for the erection of 1no. illuminated totem sign
The Beaumont Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01097/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawful development for the use of the dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) as a residential care home (Use Class C2), to accommodate up to a maximum of 2 children (aged 8-17) with 24 hour residential care with up to two staff members and a manager on site at any time.
6 Birchwood Drive Coppull Chorley PR7 4NU
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01098/DIS
Application to discharge condition no.11 (delivery and servicing plan) of planning permission ref. 24/00248/FUL (Demolition of vacant public house and erection of drive-thru restaurant with associated access, servicing, car parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works.)
The Beaumont Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 20 Dec 2024 - No Objections24/01099/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 4 (Chorley) 2009: T2 Medium Lime - remove epicormic growth; T3 Medium Lime - remove epicormic growth; T8 Medium sized Conifer - Fell and remove from site; T9 Small failed Willow tree - Fell and remove from site; and T10 Small failed Willow tree - Fell and remove from site
Formerly Multipart Distribution Limited Pilling Lane Chorley
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01100/FULHH
Conversion of existing attached garage to habitable accommodation including single storey front and rear extensions, new front covered porch area, and external alterations and extensions
38 Brookfield Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QJ
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01101/ADV
Application for advertisement consent for the display of various signs, screens and graphics
The Beaumont Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Granted24/01102/FULHH
Front porch extension
54 Kingsway Euxton Chorley PR7 6PP
Received 20 Dec 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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