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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.
6,969 approved · 677 refused · 360 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Installation Of A 20M Monopole Supporting 6 No Antenna Standish Street Chorley
Received 20 May 20211 Old School Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6QJ
Received 20 May 20212 Sycamore Road Chorley PR6 0JD
Received 20 May 2021Broadhey House Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QY
Received 20 May 2021Rivington View Nurseries Coppull Hall Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4LR
Received 20 May 202113 Bishopton Crescent Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7GA
Received 21 May 202115 Warwick Crescent Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7NE
Received 21 May 20213 The Bowers Chorley PR7 3LA
Received 21 May 202123 Village Croft Euxton Chorley PR7 6NH
Received 21 May 20213 St Helens Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NQ
Received 21 May 2021Stables 30m North West Of 210 Chorley Lane Charnock Richard
Received 24 May 2021Mulberry House Bolton Road Anderton Bolton BL6 7RW
Received 24 May 2021Waterloo Lodge 171 - 173 Preston Road Chorley PR6 7AX
Received 24 May 2021Kinver House 6 Winchester Avenue Chorley PR7 4AQ
Received 24 May 20214 Swallow Court Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NZ
Received 24 May 2021Pasquill Wigan Lane Chorley PR7 4BU
Received 24 May 202118 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH
Received 24 May 2021Stalk Farm High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 25 May 2021Chapel Lane Business Park Chapel Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4NB
Received 25 May 2021Beech Cottage Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RX
Received 25 May 2021Alicia Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HH
Received 25 May 2021Heapey Fold Estate Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Received 25 May 20215 Danesway Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4EY
Received 25 May 202114 Olde Stoneheath Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EH
Received 25 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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