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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.
7,113 approved · 686 refused · 366 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Barnside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AJ
Received 14 Jul 2021Blainscough Hall Blainscough Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5HT
Received 14 Jul 202122 Westend Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 5DB
Received 14 Jul 20218 Bellflower Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5RF
Received 14 Jul 202165 Daisy Hill Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9NE
Received 14 Jul 202125 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 14 Jul 2021Land To The Rear Of 56 School Lane Withnell Fold Old Road Brinscall
Received 15 Jul 202167 Beechfields Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RF
Received 15 Jul 2021Shaw Green Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EX
Received 15 Jul 2021Shaw Green Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EX
Received 15 Jul 2021Canalside 1B Dark Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AE
Received 15 Jul 2021Mediterranean At Robin Hood Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RG
Received 16 Jul 2021346 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TP
Received 16 Jul 202129 Hunts Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TT
Received 16 Jul 2021107 Foxglove Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7SG
Received 16 Jul 2021Chorley Equestrian Centre Garstang House Farm Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8TB
Received 18 Jul 2021188 Collingwood Road Chorley PR7 2QF
Received 18 Jul 2021Sumners Barn Moss Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JS
Received 19 Jul 2021The Old Mill House 99 Pall Mall Chorley PR7 3LT
Received 8 Jun 2021Chorley Nissan Ackhurst Road Chorley PR7 1NN
Received 19 Jul 2021Chorley Nissan Ackhurst Road Chorley PR7 1NN
Received 19 Jul 202124A Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SN
Received 19 Jul 2021191 Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AG
Received 20 Jul 20219 Broad Oak Close Adlington Chorley PR6 9RU
Received 21 Jul 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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