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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 dates12,116Searchable applications
300Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 10,748 approved or refused records
912Refused applications
9,836 approved · 912 refused · 495 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Withdrawn25/00519/MNMA
Minor non-material amendment to planning permission ref 24/01102/FULHH (Front porch extension) to increase the size of the porch
54 Kingsway Euxton Chorley PR7 6PP
Received 4 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00521/FULHH
Single storey rear extension including raised patio and installation of 3no. windows to northern elevation
7 Livesey Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8SH
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00522/FULHH
Two storey side extension connecting to existing garage, bay window to front elevation, window alterations and first floor balcony over existing garage (following demolition of existing rear projection)
37 Thirlmere Drive Withnell Chorley PR6 8AY
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00523/TPO
Application for works to protected trees - Chorley BC TPO 9 (Mawdesley) 2009: T1 and T2 Oak; Crown lift 6-7 meteres, reduce to allow adequate acees to buildings.
Rainbow Hub NW Ltd Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00524/DIS
Application to discharge condition 5 (Bat Licence) and condition 10 (Tree Protection Plan) of planning approval 24/00258/FUL (Demolition of an existing dwelling and garage and the construction of a single detached dwelling with a new access from the highway.)
Bluestone House Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RJ
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00525/FULHH
Single storey rear extension
29 The Grove Chorley PR7 1PU
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00526/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the use of the property (Use Class C3a) as a children's care home (Use Class C2) for a maximum of 1no. young person (aged 7-17) with 24-hour care provided by two carers sleeping overnight on a rota basis, with ad-hoc visits by a Manager between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
38 Canal Walk Chorley PR6 0TW
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00527/PIP
Permission in principle application for the erection of 1no. detached dwelling
Doles Cottage Doles Lane Bretherton Leyland PR26 9BA
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Withdrawn25/00529/AGR
Agricultural determination for the erection of a steel portal building for new milk processing plant
J & P A Baldwin & Sons Denham Springs Farm Birchin Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8LY
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Refused25/00530/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the use of a (Use Class C3a) dwelling house as a children's home for a maximum of two children(up to 18 years in age), with 24hr care provided by not more than two carers on site, working on a shift basis, and a Manager present 09:00 to 17:00 up to five days a week (Use Class C2).
Brook View Preston Nook Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TL
Received 7 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00531/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension
11 Magill Close Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7FW
Received 8 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00532/FULHH
Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing single storey rear extension)
2 Bent Row Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EW
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00533/NOT
Notice of intention to install 1no. 10 metre wooden pole for the installation of fixed line broadband electronic communication apparatus
Top O'th' Lane Brindle
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00534/FUL
Change of use of land to domestic garden (retrospective)
45 New Street Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TW
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Other decision25/00535/AGR
Agricultural determination for the erection of a building for hay/straw and machinery storage
Stanworth Farmhouse Bolton Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BP
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00536/FULHH
Rear dormer extension and new cladding to existing front dormer
3 Viaduct Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SE
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Withdrawn25/00537/FULHH
Detached outbuilding (garden room) (following demolition of existing garden store)
Northwood White Coppice Anglezarke Chorley PR6 9DF
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00538/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing conservatory)
22 St Helens Road Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7NQ
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00539/FUL
Erection of 1no. self build dwelling (following demolition of existing buildings) and access alterations
Little Harbour Farm Harbour Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JR
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Withdrawn25/00540/FUL
Creation of detached dwelling following the partial demolition of an existing building.
10 Knowley Brow Chorley PR6 9BG
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00541/NOT
Notification of intention to install 1no. 10m high wooden pole for the provision of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus
GRASS VERGE NEAR ENTRANCE TO Walmsley Fold Farm Denham Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PD
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00542/NOT
Notification of intention to install 1no. 10m high wooden pole for the provision of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus
GRASS VERGE 130M Top O'th' Lane Brindle
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00543/CLPUD
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension
10 Leyland Drive Chorley PR7 3BQ
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Granted25/00544/REM
Section 73 application to vary condition 3 (approved plans) of reserved matters consent ref. 24/00807/REM (Reserved matters application for details of appearance, landscaping and layout pursuant to outline planning permission ref. 24/00058/OUT (Outline application for the demolition of existing storage building and erection of one dwelling, with all matters reserved save for access and scale) along with the discharge of conditions 3 (materials, boundary treatments and levels), 4 (landscaping), 8 (lighting plan), 10 (arboricultural method statement and tree protection measures), 11 (arboricultural impact assessment), and 13 (construction environmental management plan)) to move the location of approved dwelling by 1 metre to the northwest
Land To Rear Of 4 Stocks Court Heskin
Received 11 Jun 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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