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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.
6,730 approved · 654 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HM Prison Garth Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8NE
Received 25 Nov 202034 Regent Road Chorley PR7 2TL
Received 26 Nov 2020Group 1 Euxton Lane Euxton
Received 26 Nov 202011 Beech Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6AZ
Received 27 Nov 2020Double R Catering Supplies 289 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NT
Received 26 Nov 2020Quarryview Sandy Lane Adlington PR7 4JT
Received 27 Nov 2020Mayfield Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HB
Received 27 Nov 2020Glen Stafford Thorntrees Garage Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SB
Received 27 Nov 2020Denewood 6 Woodside Chorley PR7 4AE
Received 27 Nov 2020Lonsdale Farm Slacks Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EL
Received 27 Nov 2020Land 100M East Of Wheelton House Brinscall Mill Road Wheelton
Received 27 Nov 2020300 Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5DE
Received 27 Nov 202024 Spring Meadow Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5UR
Received 27 Nov 202041 The Cherries Euxton Chorley PR7 6NG
Received 28 Nov 2020Nook Farm Black Moor Road Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QD
Received 29 Nov 202058 Saville Street Chorley PR7 3JB
Received 30 Nov 202012 Rock Gardens Hoghton Preston PR5 0DB
Received 27 Nov 202018 Clover Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RP
Received 30 Nov 20204 Barn View Adlington Chorley PR6 9SJ
Received 30 Nov 202014 Wymundsley Astley Village Chorley PR7 1UT
Received 30 Nov 20208 Black Brook Close Heapey Chorley PR6 9AJ
Received 30 Nov 2020Five Acres Farm Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 30 Nov 2020Lonsdale Farm Slacks Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EL
Received 30 Nov 2020Quarrybeck Farm Bolton Road Withnell Preston PR5 0SP
Received 30 Nov 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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