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Chorley
What’s changing on your street?
Planning, new food places, roadworks, school inspections, GP ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses, for any PR, BL, L, WN and BB postcode. Free, from public records, updated every night.
Right now across Chorley
- 1planning applications this week
- 171.7pcheapest unleaded, most around 173.9p
- 16hygiene scores this month
- 3,341local businesses listed
- 23food places waiting for a first inspection
This week’s top stories
Everything by topic-
Road closed: Chorley Road (planned - temporary traffic regulation …)
20 Oct to 23 Oct. The road will be closed. Full length.
Chorley Road, Bispham -
Road closed: Chorley Road (Lancashire County Council)
20 Oct to 23 Oct. Road improvements in the road. The road will be closed.
Chorley Road, Bispham -
Approved: Planning application at Croston Sports Club Westhead Road Croston Leyland
Sports ground development including construction of floodlit grass playing pitch, football pavilion building, cricket pavilion building, padel court building, tennis court with floodlighting, car park, boules court relocation, vehicular access and associated infrastructure.
Croston Sports Club Westhead Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RR -
Approved: 6 new homes at Lancaster House Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley
S73 application to remove condition 9 (SAP Assessment) of outline planning permission 18/00704/OUT (Outline planning application for the erection of 6 No. detached dwellings following demolition of existing buildings, including matters of access, scale and layout. All other matters reserved).
Lancaster House Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LE
Chorley in numbers
Every area compared, from public recordsCrime
2,523crimes, June to August 2026Every area ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents, by type, with the trend.
House prices
£230kmiddle price, 347 sales in 6 monthsWhat homes really sold for in every area over six months, by type of home, from the Land Registry.
Planning
72applications and decisions, last monthNew planning applications and decisions in every area over the last month, the biggest housing schemes and what gets approved.
Food hygiene
16hygiene scores, last monthFood hygiene scores published in every area over the last month, the low scores, and new food places waiting for a first inspection.
Roadworks
8roadworks on now or coming upRoadworks and road closures on now or booked for the next month in every area, and who is doing the digging.
Fuel prices
171.7pcheapest unleadedat Asda Chorley Superstore and 1 more · most around 173.9p · dearest 195.9p · 14 stationsWhat every petrol station charges for unleaded and diesel, cheapest first, updated every half hour.
What's on
10events in the next 30 daysGigs, club nights, comedy and pop-up events in every area over the next 30 days, updated daily.
Street reports
6street problems reported this monthFly-tipping, potholes, graffiti and other street problems reported in every area this month, and what has been fixed.
Schools
62schools and their Ofsted resultsEvery state school and nursery with its latest Ofsted result, the new report cards, and how each area’s schools compare.
GPs, dentists and care
109GPs, dentists and care servicesGP surgeries, dentists, care homes and home care in every area, with their Care Quality Commission ratings.
Charities
228charities based in ChorleyEvery registered charity based in each area, what it does, how big it is, and new ones as they register.
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22 areas · darker means more happened there this weekFind a local business
The full directory3,341 shops, trades and services across Chorley, with opening hours, food hygiene ratings and what’s going on nearby.
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What is MeBabber?
A free site that shows what’s changing near any PR, BL, L, WN and BB postcode in Chorley, from public records: planning applications and decisions, new food places and hygiene scores, roadworks, school inspections, GP and care ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses.
How often is it updated?
Every night. Planning, roadworks, licences, food hygiene and what’s on are checked daily; crime, house prices and school inspections are published monthly and checked weekly.
Does it cost anything?
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Why “me babber”?
It’s how Bristolians say “my friend”. MeBabber started in Bristol, just up the road, and now covers Chorley too.