Which ward in Chorley has the highest planning approval rate?

Out Of Area at 100.0% based on 20 decisions.

Which ward in Chorley has the lowest planning approval rate?

Heath Charnock And Rivington at 86.1% based on 101 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Chorley?

There is a 13.9% gap between Out Of Area and Heath Charnock And Rivington. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Chorley

Planning outcomes in Chorley are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 13.9% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

4,374 real decisions·30 wards·Updated August 2026

All 30 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Out Of Area	20	20	0	100.0%
2	-	52	52	0	100.0%
3	Astley And Buckshaw	109	105	4	96.3%
4	Lostock	286	275	11	96.2%
5	Wheelton And Withnell	149	142	7	95.3%
6	Chorley North And Astley	84	80	4	95.2%
7	Clayton East, Brindle And Hoghton	120	114	6	95.0%
8	Pennine	110	104	6	94.5%
9	Chorley North West	248	234	14	94.4%
10	Euxton North	124	117	7	94.4%
11	Croston, Mawdesley And Euxton South	294	277	17	94.2%
12	Chisnall	152	143	9	94.1%
13	Brindle And Hoghton	110	103	7	93.6%
14	Buckshaw And Whittle	92	86	6	93.5%
15	Chorley South West	139	130	9	93.5%
16	Chorley North East	304	283	21	93.1%
17	Euxton	96	89	7	92.7%
18	Clayton West And Cuerden	107	99	8	92.5%
19	Adlington And Anderton	262	242	20	92.4%
20	Euxton South	117	108	9	92.3%
21	Eccleston And Mawdesley	243	224	19	92.2%
22	Clayton-le-Woods And Whittle-le-Woods	164	151	13	92.1%
23	Chorley East	112	103	9	92.0%
24	Chorley South East	161	148	13	91.9%
25	Coppull	180	165	15	91.7%
26	Clayton-le-Woods North	71	65	6	91.5%
27	Chorley South East And Heath Charnock	113	103	10	91.2%
28	Clayton-le-Woods West And Cuerden	79	72	7	91.1%
29	Eccleston, Heskin And Charnock Richard	172	153	19	89.0%
30	Heath Charnock And Rivington	101	87	14	86.1%

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What the data tells us

A 13.9% gap separates the best and worst wards. Out Of Area approves 100.0% of applications while Heath Charnock And Rivington approves just 86.1%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

High volume doesn't mean high approval. Some of the busiest wards aren't the most permissive. The number of applications a ward processes tells you nothing about how likely yours is to succeed.

Ward averages are a starting point, not a guarantee. Your specific outcome depends on your property, your neighbours, your proposal type and the comparable decisions near your address.

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More Chorley planning data

Methodology: Covers 4,374 planning decisions in Chorley, January 2020 to August 2026. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from Chorley Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →