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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.
6,898 approved · 671 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Salmon's Great House Barn Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SB
Received 17 Mar 2021Salmon's Great House Barn Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SB
Received 17 Mar 2021Gate House Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HL
Received 17 Mar 2021Land 120M East Of 27 Charter Lane Charnock Richard
Received 17 Mar 2021169 Chorley Road Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JL
Received 17 Mar 2021Sherwood House Ridley Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JA
Received 17 Mar 2021164 Spring Meadow Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5PQ
Received 17 Mar 2021Wogdens Farm Tithe Barn Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8TE
Received 17 Mar 2021Euxton Mill Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 17 Mar 202119 Astley Road Chorley PR7 1RR
Received 17 Mar 2021Church Farm High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 17 Mar 2021Gold Standard Foot Care 50 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 18 Mar 2021The Grove Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QG
Received 18 Mar 20211 Briery Hey Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8HU
Received 18 Mar 202119 Chiltern Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6NU
Received 19 Mar 202144 Queens Road Chorley PR7 1LA
Received 19 Mar 202133 Empress Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6QB
Received 19 Mar 2021Braemar Cripple Gate Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RR
Received 19 Mar 202155 Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PL
Received 19 Mar 20218 Hampshire Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7DF
Received 22 Mar 2021141 Bredon Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6NS
Received 23 Mar 202114 Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NP
Received 23 Mar 2021Holmes Farm Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8LZ
Received 23 Mar 2021The Bungalow New Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6NB
Received 23 Mar 2021Records 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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