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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 dates11,668Searchable applications
301Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 10,341 approved or refused records
889Refused applications
9,452 approved · 889 refused · 466 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Granted25/00012/LBC
Application for listed building consent for a single storey rear extension, internal alterations, installation of 9no. rooflights, replacement windows, doors and rainwater goods, landscaping alterations and internal alterations (following demolition of existing conservatory)
The Farmhouse Greenhalgh Lane Anderton Chorley PR6 9PH
Received 7 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00013/FULHH
Attached timber frame carport, car turning and parking area at the side of property, and associated ground levelling works
2 Ramsden Cottages Twistmoor Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8RU
Received 8 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00014/FULHH
Erection of detached garage
Barfor House Highfield Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HH
Received 8 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00015/DIS
Application to discharge condition no.3 (materials) of planning permission ref: 24/00871/FULHH (Single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing conservatory) and internal alterations)
Eagle Tower Farm Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EW
Received 8 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00016/DIS
Application to discharge conditions 6 (landscaping) and 10 (levels) of planning permission ref. 24/00697/FUL (Section 73 application to vary condition nos. 3 (approved plans) and 6 (landscaping) of planning permission ref. 23/00410/FUL (Section 73 application to vary conditions nos.3 (approved plans) and 6 (landscaping) attached to planning permission ref.21/01166/FUL (Demolition of an existing dwelling with detached garage, and construction of 1no. self-build eco-home) to change the design of the approved dwelling) and as amended by minor non-material amendment ref. 23/00912/MNMA, to relocate the dwelling further west and relocate the site access)
The Croft Lower Simpson Fold Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HL
Received 8 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00017/MNMA
Minor non-material amendments to reserved matters consent ref: 23/01121/REMMAJ (Reserved matters application detailing appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale for the erection of 24 dwellings pursuant to outline planning permission ref: 20/01200/OUTMAJ (Outline application (specifying the access point) for the development of up to 25 dwellings and associated infrastructure (including 30% affordable housing)) Appeal ref: APP/D2320/W/21/3284692) involving elevational changes to dwellings and introduction of solar panels to roofs.
Land At Stonor Road Stonor Road Adlington
Received 8 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00018/PIP
Permission in principle application for the erection of 1no. dwelling
Pike Lowe Farm Pike Lowe Brinscall Chorley PR6 8SR
Received 8 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00019/FUL
Section 73 application to vary condition nos.3 (approved plans) and 5 (pergola details) attached to planning permission ref: 24/00405/FUL (internal refurbishment of all rooms, reinstatement and repair of structural parts of the building where required including the replacement of all windows and minor changes to internal wall and door locations and external works to provide external seating, minor landscaping works and a covered seating area (retrospective)) to amend the design of the external seating area, to be fully covered.
The Grapes Hotel 67 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 10 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00020/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 5 (Eccleston) 2005: G1 - Crown reduction of Beech tree and removal of dead wood; T3 and T4 reduction in height to Yew trees
Church Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Towngate Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QL
Received 10 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00021/FULHH
Single storey side and rear extension, following demolition of an existing store room
136 Chorley Road Adlington Chorley PR6 9LQ
Received 11 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00022/FULHH
Single storey rear extension, conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation, and associated elevational alterations
12 Seaforth Crescent Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7HL
Received 10 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00023/FULHH
Single storey rear and side extension, replacement of existing flat roof with a pitched roof to existing garage and cladding and render to front elevation (following demolition of existing rear and side extension)
12 The Grove Chorley PR7 1PU
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00024/DIS
Application to discharge conditions 4 (materials, boundary treatments, levels and landscaping) and 7 (biodiversity enhancements) of planning permission ref. 22/00963/FUL (Demolition of existing stables and erection of one detached dwelling)
Land 130M North Of Barretts Farm Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00025/FUL
Security railings, 1.1m in height, mounted on existing boundary wall.
NatWest 46 - 48 Market Street Chorley PR7 2SE
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Other decision25/00026/PDE
Notification of a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 4m in depth, with eaves height of 2.4m, and a maximum height of 3.48m
35 Bogburn Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5JF
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00027/OUT
Outline planning application for the erection of an agricultural worker's dwelling. All matters reserved, except access
Ollerton Fold Farm Ollerton Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BW
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00028/FULHH
Single storey rear extension
15 Gerrards Fold Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DL
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00029/FULHH
Single storey side extension to form new garage, conversion of existing attached garage to habitable accommodation, installation of 6no. rooflights, reconfiguration of windows, rendering and cladding of property and new driveway to property frontage
Stickledown Parkside Drive Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7PL
Received 14 Jan 2025 - No Objections25/00030/TCON
Notification of proposed works to trees within a conservation area involving the pruning of all trees located in the garden of The Mill House
The Mill House Millwood Close Withnell Chorley PR6 8AR
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00031/FULHH
Erection of detached garage (retrospective)
Lower Spout House Barn Whinney Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DT
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00032/DIS
Application to discharge condition 16 (broadband strategy) 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))
Standish House Standish Street Chorley PR7 3AJ
Received 15 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00033/FULHH
Single storey extensions to either side, single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing conservatory)
54 Carrington Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4RS
Received 15 Jan 2025 - Granted25/00034/DIS
Application to discharge condition 9 (arboricultural method statement) of planning permission ref. 24/00697/FUL (Section 73 application to vary condition nos. 3 (approved plans) and 6 (landscaping) of planning permission ref. 23/00410/FUL (Section 73 application to vary conditions nos.3 (approved plans) and 6 (landscaping) attached to planning permission ref.21/01166/FUL (Demolition of an existing dwelling with detached garage, and construction of 1no. self-build eco-home) to change the design of the approved dwelling) and as amended by minor non-material amendment ref. 23/00912/MNMA, to relocate the dwelling further west and relocate the site access)
The Croft Lower Simpson Fold Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HL
Received 15 Jan 2025 - Withdrawn25/00035/FUL
Application for technical details consent for the erection of one detached, self-build, dwelling and free standing car port pursuant to permission in principle 22/00980/PIP
Beechwood Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EN
Received 16 Jan 2025
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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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