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Chorley Council is the borough council for Chorley in central Lancashire, based at Chorley Town Hall in the town centre. It is a district authority, so it looks after local services such as housing, planning, waste collection, parks and leisure, while Lancashire County Council covers social care and education. Chorley runs a range of back-office and management functions jointly with neighbouring South Ribble Borough Council, with over 200 staff working in shared services such as finance, legal and governance, ICT, customer services and communications, and the two councils recruit through a single shared careers site. Both councils keep their own identity, corporate plans and priorities, and Chorley's stated priorities include housing, sustainability, the local economy and community wellbeing.

Housing and homelessness services

Chorley's Housing Solutions team is the council's front door for anyone who is homeless or at risk of losing their home. The team offers advice and assessment, works to prevent homelessness where it can, and helps people move on to more suitable accommodation, whether that is social housing, private rented housing or supported accommodation. Residents can start with an online homelessness assessment or by phoning the council and asking for Housing Solutions. The council has published a Prevention of Homelessness Strategy and a Housing Strategy covering 2025 to 2030, and it operates a Duty to Refer route for public bodies and a severe weather emergency protocol for people sleeping rough. Rough sleepers can be reported through StreetLink and the team follows up with support.

Beyond homelessness work, the housing service covers private rented sector standards and HMO licensing, empty homes, disabled facilities grants and a handypersons service, affordable warmth, a low-cost home ownership scheme and domestic abuse support. Chorley also has two extra care schemes for people aged 55 and over, Primrose Gardens and Tatton Gardens, which combine independent flats with on-site care and 24-hour emergency support in town-centre locations.

Where it operates and who it supports

The council serves the borough of Chorley in Lancashire, with Preston, Manchester and Liverpool within reach by motorway and rail. Together Chorley and South Ribble serve roughly a quarter of a million residents. The Housing Solutions team works with households in housing crisis, people at risk of eviction, rough sleepers, victims of domestic abuse, and older people needing extra care.

Working at Chorley Council

The shared careers site describes five values: customer focused, forward thinking, working together, making a difference and delivering quality services. Staff get up to 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays and a Christmas shutdown (with extra leave after long service), membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, hybrid and flexi-time working from day one, a healthcare cash plan, cashback and gym discounts, volunteering days, cycle and salary-sacrifice car schemes, and parking permits for council car parks. The council says it is open to part-time, compressed hours and other working patterns, and offers a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants and armed forces leavers who meet the essential criteria.

Typical roles

Vacancies are advertised on the shared Chorley and South Ribble jobs portal, and each advert states whether the post is based in Chorley or South Ribble. Housing-related roles when they arise are typically housing solutions or homelessness prevention officers, private sector housing and standards officers, housing strategy and enabling posts, and extra care scheme staff, alongside the council's wider professional, customer service and neighbourhood roles. Contact: 01257 515151 or housing.solutions@chorley.gov.uk.