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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.
6,951 approved · 676 refused · 360 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kyndere Shaw Hill Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PP
Received 10 May 20216 Sycamore Close Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QR
Received 10 May 2021West Way Sports Hub West Way Astley Village Chorley PR7 1FG
Received 11 May 2021The Coach House Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 11 May 2021Dilaram Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NT
Received 11 May 202164 Lady Crosse Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DR
Received 10 May 2021The Old Rectory High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 12 May 2021Land Bounded By Ordnance Road And Buckshaw Railway Station Ordnance Road Buckshaw Village
Received 12 May 2021Asda Superstore Clayton Green Centre Centre Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JY
Received 12 May 2021Asda Superstore Clayton Green Centre Centre Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JY
Received 12 May 202198 Station Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RP
Received 12 May 202111 Crofters Green Euxton Chorley PR7 6LQ
Received 12 May 2021Montcliffe Quarry Georges Lane Bolton BL6 6RT
Received 13 May 2021Blackhurst Farm 189 South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 13 May 2021Blackhurst Farm 189 South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 13 May 2021King Georges Field Chorley Road Adlington
Received 13 May 202134 Oakwood Road Coppull Chorley PR7 4PB
Received 13 May 202162 Poplar Drive Coppull Chorley PR7 4LS
Received 13 May 202127 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SN
Received 12 May 2021Christ Church Charnock Richard C Of E Primary School Church Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NA
Received 12 May 20215 Gleadhill House Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6NN
Received 14 May 2021King Georges Field Chorley Road Adlington
Received 14 May 202163 Millfield Road Chorley PR7 1RF
Received 15 May 20213A Kenyon Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EX
Received 15 May 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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