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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.
6,634 approved · 646 refused · 338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bentley Farm Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BD
Received 13 Oct 2020International Fire Training Centre Washington Hall West Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6HJ
Received 13 Oct 2020Brook Farmhouse Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QY
Received 13 Oct 2020Woodland Grange Private Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0DE
Received 13 Oct 202011 Foxcote Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XE
Received 14 Oct 2020Stocks Hall Mawdesley Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QZ
Received 14 Oct 2020Euxton Mill Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 14 Oct 2020Playdor Nursery School The Bungalow 4 Chorley Hall Road Chorley PR7 1RJ
Received 14 Oct 2020Home Farm Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 14 Oct 202081 Park Road Chorley PR7 1QZ
Received 15 Oct 2020Gate House Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HL
Received 15 Oct 2020Fleetwood Farm North Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AY
Received 15 Oct 202028 Waterford Close Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JQ
Received 15 Oct 202033 Greenside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AS
Received 15 Oct 20209 Belvedere Drive Chorley PR7 1LY
Received 15 Oct 2020112 - 114 Deerfold Astley Village Chorley PR7 1UH
Received 16 Oct 202013 Anderton Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JA
Received 16 Oct 2020Head O'th Marsh Farm Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PQ
Received 16 Oct 2020Head O'th Marsh Farm Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PQ
Received 16 Oct 2020Napthens Solicitors 12 St Thomas's Road Chorley PR7 1HR
Received 16 Oct 20206 Manston Grove Chorley PR7 2QH
Received 16 Oct 202036 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 16 Oct 2020Mawdesley Pantry 72 New Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QW
Received 17 Oct 2020Head O'th Marsh Farm Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PQ
Received 19 Oct 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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