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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,903 approved · 671 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Cliffe Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HT
Received 23 Mar 2021Jack Green Farm Oram Road Brindle Chorley PR6 8NT
Received 22 Mar 2021The Bungalow New Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6NB
Received 22 Mar 2021101 Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 24 Mar 2021Rustic Oak Farm Moss Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AA
Received 24 Mar 2021Town Lane Farm Town Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5QA
Received 24 Mar 202167 Kirkby Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SQ
Received 24 Mar 20214 Euxton Hall Mews Euxton Chorley PR7 6QE
Received 24 Mar 2021Over Hall Nook South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AB
Received 25 Mar 2021Gillibrand Primary School Grosvenor Road Chorley PR7 2PJ
Received 25 Mar 2021The Village Hall 47 Chapel Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4PG
Received 25 Mar 2021Wheelton Health Care Centre 209 Blackburn Road Heapey Chorley PR6 8EP
Received 25 Mar 202117 Balmoral Drive Brinscall Chorley PR6 8ST
Received 25 Mar 2021Rose Lea Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HH
Received 25 Mar 2021123 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PJ
Received 25 Mar 2021Brindle Mill Bournes Row Brindle
Received 24 Mar 202149 Balshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HU
Received 24 Mar 20213 Cyclamen Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5LW
Received 26 Mar 2021Land 10M South Of 21 Dunrobin Drive Euxton
Received 26 Mar 2021The Stables Throstle Nest Farm Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 26 Mar 2021Beechwood Parkside Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PL
Received 26 Mar 202112 Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RF
Received 26 Mar 202140 Berry Avenue Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7FX
Received 26 Mar 2021417 Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HY
Received 26 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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