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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.
6,358 approved · 628 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Cherryfields Euxton Chorley PR7 6JS
Received 15 Jun 202022 Anderton Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JA
Received 16 Jun 202092 Greenwood Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8JX
Received 16 Jun 2020Windward Moss Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 4SE
Received 17 Jun 20201 Yewlands Avenue Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LN
Received 17 Jun 2020Bogburn Hall Farm Bogburn Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5JF
Received 17 Jun 2020Orange PCS Telecom Mast Site NO LAN0040 Huggarts Farm Denham Lane Brindle
Received 17 Jun 20206 The Croft Euxton Chorley PR7 6LH
Received 17 Jun 202029 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 17 Jun 2020Sondela House Parkside Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PL
Received 18 Jun 20204 Springfield Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6GX
Received 18 Jun 2020Mossy Bank Tannersmith Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RA
Received 11 Jun 2020Tannersmith House Tannersmith Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RA
Received 11 Jun 2020Sherwood Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RG
Received 11 Jun 2020Adjacent To Nook Farm Nook Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RL
Received 11 Jun 2020Opposite To Nook Farm Nook Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RL
Received 11 Jun 2020O/S Clanranald Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RG
Received 18 Jun 20208 Grange Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SJ
Received 19 Jun 2020West Way Playing Fields West Way Astley Village
Received 19 Jun 2020Roselands Tincklers Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QX
Received 19 Jun 2020Scrap Yard Town Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HQ
Received 20 Jun 2020O/S Boys Farm Leyland Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LB
Received 22 Jun 2020Billinge Hall Farm Southport Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 6ET
Received 22 Jun 2020O/S Unit 7 Ash Lea Farm Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EN
Received 22 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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