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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.
7,042 approved · 683 refused · 363 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of 367 Southport Road Ulnes Walton
Received 29 May 20215 Hunters Wood Court Chorley PR7 2WJ
Received 29 May 202140 Seven Acres Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8HA
Received 29 May 202117 Goldfinch Court Chorley PR7 2RG
Received 29 May 2021Rustic Oak Farm Moss Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AA
Received 30 May 202132 Valley View Chorley PR6 0QW
Received 31 May 202175 Pear Tree Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4NL
Received 31 May 20217 The Copse Chorley PR7 3PS
Received 1 Jun 2021142 Heapey Road Chorley PR6 9BJ
Received 2 Jun 2021107 Station Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RP
Received 2 Jun 2021Telecommunications Mast Harbour Lane Wheelton
Received 2 Jun 2021Land Adjacent To 715 Preston Road Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 2 Jun 2021Coppice Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NT
Received 2 Jun 2021Land Opposite Woodland Nursery Highfield Road Croston
Received 2 Jun 2021Hoghton Village Hall Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SG
Received 3 Jun 202111 Dahlia Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TF
Received 4 Jun 2021Limbrick House Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EE
Received 4 Jun 2021Land 17M West Of 4 Halls Square Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 4 Jun 202141 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 4 Jun 2021Sandy Lane Farm Sandy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QB
Received 4 Jun 202116 Talbot Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6PD
Received 5 Jun 2021Rigby And Partners Consulting Engineers 18 St Thomas's Road Chorley PR7 1HR
Received 3 Jun 2021Little Hanging Bridge Farm Meadow Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JP
Received 4 Jun 2021Unit 6 Moorland Gate Business Park Moorland Gate Chorley PR6 9FE
Received 7 Jun 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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