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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 dates
13,476Searchable applications
309Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 12,001 approved or refused records
978Refused applications

11,023 approved · 978 refused · 573 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning 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

  1. Granted26/00443/DIS

    Application to discharge conditions 4 (external materials), 7 (sustainable surface water drainage scheme and foul water drainage scheme) and 10 (existing and proposed ground levels) attached to planning permission 25/00085/FUL (Erection of a self build, detached dwelling)

    Plot 2 Land At Lydiate Farm Lydiate Lane Eccleston

    Received 20 May 2026
  2. Other decision26/00444/PDE

    Notification of a proposed single storey rear extension measuring 8m in depth with eaves height of 2.25m and a maximum height of 4m

    Walmsleys Barn Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NP

    Received 20 May 2026
  3. Granted26/00445/NOT

    Notification of intention to install 3no. replacement antenna and ancillary radio equipment onto new support poles at existing lattice mast for the purposes of electronic broadband communication apparatus.

    Telecommunications Base Station Charnock Brow Golf Club Preston Road Charnock Richard

    Received 20 May 2026
  4. Granted26/00446/FULHH

    Installation of a waste water treatment plant

    2 Roundabout Cottage Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8JD

    Received 21 May 2026
  5. Granted26/00447/FUL

    Erection of portacabin for temporary period of five years

    Euxton St Mary's Catholic Primary School Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JW

    Received 21 May 2026
  6. Granted26/00448/FULHH

    Single storey front and rear extensions and two storey side extension

    32 Park Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6JQ

    Received 21 May 2026
  7. Refused26/00449/PIP

    The erection of one dwelling and associated development

    Land Adjacent To St Johns C Of E And Methodist Primary School School Lane Brinscall Chorley

    Received 21 May 2026
  8. Refused26/00450/FUL

    Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a childrens home accommodating up to 2 young people (aged under 18), with 24-hour care provided by 2 non-resident care staff and a day manager operating on a shift basis (Use Class C2)

    64 Towngate Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QR

    Received 22 May 2026
  9. Refused26/00451/FUL

    Change of Use from a dwellinghouse (C3) to a 6 bed HMO (C4)

    3 Croft Road Chorley PR6 0QD

    Received 22 May 2026
  10. Granted26/00452/FUL

    Construction of a temporary vehicular access point on land off Ulnes Walton Lane

    Land Off Ulnes Walton Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire

    Received 22 May 2026
  11. Other decision26/00453/AGR

    Agricultural determination for an agricultural storage building

    Guest House Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HD

    Received 22 May 2026
  12. Granted26/00454/FUL

    Change of use from Use Class C3 (residential dwelling) to Sui Generis (Short Term Holiday Let), to establish a permanent use of the property as an Airbnb accommodation.

    126 Towngate Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QS

    Received 22 May 2026
  13. Granted26/00455/TPO

    Application for works to a protected tree - Chorley BC TPO 8 (Charnock Richard) 2009 T12; application to fell tree due to root damage.

    32 Chorley Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5ES

    Received 22 May 2026
  14. Refused26/00456/TPO

    Application forks to protected trees - Chorley Rural District Council TPO 1 (White Coppice, Heapey) 1974 G1; application to fell Ash due to Ash Die Back

    1 Warthside Coppice Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9DB

    Received 23 May 2026
  15. Awaiting decision26/00457/FULHH

    Detached garage, detached outbuilding, and external works comprising of new retaining walls, garden steps and screen fences.

    27 Hartwood Green Chorley PR6 7BJ

    Received 25 May 2026
  16. Awaiting decision26/00458/FULMAJ

    Erection of 51no. dwellinghouses (affordable homes) with associated parking, landscaping and vehicular access off Tincklers Lane

    Land East Of Tincklers Lane Eccleston

    Received 26 May 2026
  17. Granted26/00459/FUL

    Application for technical details consent for the erection of one detached self-build dwelling pursuant to permission in principle 25/01138/PIP

    Land South Of 1 Moss Terrace Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB

    Received 26 May 2026
  18. Awaiting decision26/00460/FUL

    Erection of 2no. external padel courts

    Unit K4 Buckshaw Link Ordnance Road Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7EL

    Received 26 May 2026
  19. Granted26/00461/FULHH

    Pitched roofs to existing front and rear dormers

    11 Stonehouse Green Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7JT

    Received 27 May 2026
  20. Granted26/00462/FUL

    Section 73 application to vary condition 4 (approved plans) of planning permission ref: 25/00789/FUL (Erection of 1no. self-build dwelling along with driveway and parking alterations and associated landscaping (following demolition of existing buildings) in order to alter the design of the dwelling including changes to windows, doors and rooflights and an increase to the depth of the rear elevation

    59 Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE

    Received 27 May 2026
  21. Granted26/00463/P3PAO

    Prior approval application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to 2no. dwellinghouse and associated building operations

    Land West Of Over Hall Farm Barn Flag Lane Bretherton

    Received 26 May 2026
  22. Granted26/00464/MNMA

    Minor non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 25/00504/FULHH (First floor side extension including balcony) to reduce the height of the gable window, chamfer the roof overhang and reduce the height of the balcony screening

    Triggs Barn Fishwick Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HT

    Received 27 May 2026
  23. Granted26/00465/FULHH

    Single storey side/front extension

    Robins Lawn Woodhart Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TB

    Received 28 May 2026
  24. Granted26/00466/DIS

    Application to discharge condition 3 (Landscaping scheme) attached to planning permission 26/00006/FUL (Change of use of land to domestic garden (retrospective))

    75 Lancaster Street Coppull Chorley PR7 4QB

    Received 28 May 2026

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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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