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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.
6,334 approved · 628 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 New Mill Street Eccleston Chorley PR7 5FS
Received 1 Jun 2020Land Adjacent Fern Cottage North Road Bretherton
Received 2 Jun 2020Croft Fisheries Grimeford Lane Anderton Chorley PR6 9HL
Received 2 Jun 2020Windy Harbour Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LX
Received 2 Jun 2020Withington Barn Farm Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 2 Jun 2020Withy Knoll Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 2 Jun 202043 Stirling Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7LS
Received 2 Jun 20209 Washington Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DE
Received 2 Jun 202040 Queensway Euxton Chorley PR7 6PW
Received 2 Jun 2020Playing Field To Rear Of Houses Greenside Euxton
Received 2 Jun 20204 Woodlands Meadow Chorley PR7 3QH
Received 3 Jun 2020Amelie's Restaurant 311 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DU
Received 3 Jun 2020The Windmill Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 4 Jun 2020The Windmill Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 4 Jun 202096 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 4 Jun 20202 Sycamore Road Chorley PR6 0JD
Received 4 Jun 202014 Anchor Fields Eccleston Chorley PR7 5UW
Received 4 Jun 2020207 Chapel Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4NA
Received 5 Jun 2020188 Park Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4JX
Received 5 Jun 20206 Bracken Close Chorley PR6 0EJ
Received 5 Jun 2020The Cuckoo's Nest 111 Market Street Chorley PR7 2SQ
Received 6 Jun 20204 Lower Copthurst Birchin Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8LX
Received 6 Jun 20207 Peel Tower Close Chorley PR7 3FP
Received 6 Jun 20205 Rigby Houses The Common Adlington Chorley PR7 4DP
Received 6 Jun 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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