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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,210 approved · 614 refused · 308 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Greenways Bolton Road Chorley PR7 4AJ
Received 25 Apr 2020Rawlinson House 3 Mercer Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4EE
Received 25 Apr 2020Group 1 Euxton Lane Euxton
Received 27 Apr 2020Land At Lever Park Avenue Viscount Close Euxton Lancashire
Received 27 Apr 202012 Bredon Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6NS
Received 27 Apr 202014 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 27 Apr 2020Calmlands 6 Bell Villas Gib Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RT
Received 28 Apr 202065 Millfield Road Chorley PR7 1RF
Received 28 Apr 20203 Poole Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7FP
Received 28 Apr 202017 Fountains Close Chorley PR7 3HE
Received 28 Apr 20202 Cherry Tree Close Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5FJ
Received 28 Apr 2020Tannersmith Farm Tannersmith Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RA
Received 29 Apr 2020Hallsworth Manor Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EG
Received 29 Apr 2020Langdale Avenue Croston
Received 30 Apr 2020Pincroft Dyeing And Printing Company Limited Market Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4HE
Received 30 Apr 2020Land Adjacent To Withington Lane Heskin
Received 30 Apr 202010 Baker Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7BX
Received 1 May 2020Cliffs Farm Bungalow Wood Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RL
Received 4 May 20201 Deerfold Astley Village Chorley PR7 1UD
Received 4 May 202012 Plantation Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7GG
Received 5 May 20201 Sutton Fold Sutton Lane Adlington Chorley PR6 9PB
Received 5 May 202030 Redwood Drive Chorley PR7 3BW
Received 5 May 202014 Church Street Croston Leyland PR26 9HA
Received 5 May 202052 Pear Tree Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HX
Received 6 May 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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