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Chorley

In the last 12 months, 95.0% of householder applications were approved in Chorley (180 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 56 days).

Full planning applications: 89.4% approved (132 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-18–2026-06-24): 92.4% of 2,895 decisions approved.

3,611Total applications
2,676Approved
219Refused
119Withdrawn
472Pending
92.4%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 814 775 39
95.2%
Full Planning Application 511 464 47
90.8%
Discharge of Conditions 320 320 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 261 205 56
78.5%
Tree Works (TPO) 247 218 29
88.3%
Telecommunications 153 149 4
97.4%
Permission In Principle 89 66 23
74.2%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 75 75 0
100.0%
Listed Building Consent 70 70 0
100.0%
Advertisement Consent 65 65 0
100.0%
General Permitted Dev - Extensions 47 44 3
93.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 44 35 9
79.5%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 41 41 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 32 31 1
96.9%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 31 28 3
90.3%
Full Planning (Major) 20 20 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 19 19 0
100.0%
Consultation from Neighbouring LPA 16 15 1
93.8%
Outline Planning 15 13 2
86.7%
County/Minerals/Waste 11 9 2
81.8%
Demolition 7 7 0
100.0%
Minor Non-Material Amendments 2 2 0
100.0%
Chorley Regulation 3 2 2 0
100.0%
Telecom Mast - No Consultation 1 1 0
100.0%
Major Chorley Regulation 3 1 1 0
100.0%
Hedgerow Removal 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 209 191
91.4%
2023-Q4 219 206
94.1%
2024-Q1 218 208
95.4%
2024-Q2 214 203
94.9%
2024-Q3 261 245
93.9%
2024-Q4 252 237
94.0%
2025-Q1 223 208
93.3%
2025-Q2 239 218
91.2%
2025-Q3 227 210
92.5%
2025-Q4 255 224
87.8%
2026-Q1 222 199
89.6%
2026-Q2 34 29
85.3%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South 520 479 41
92.1%
Chorley North East 376 345 31
91.8%
Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard 271 248 23
91.5%
Chorley North West 224 207 17
92.4%
Clayton East, Brindle And Hoghton 213 199 14
93.4%
Adlington And Anderton 203 183 20
90.1%
Chorley South East And Heath Charnock 181 171 10
94.5%
Coppull 165 148 17
89.7%
Buckshaw And Whittle 159 152 7
95.6%
Clayton West And Cuerden 157 147 10
93.6%
Chorley North And Astley 139 135 4
97.1%
Euxton 137 125 12
91.2%
Planning guides

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