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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.
7,121 approved · 687 refused · 367 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Wentwood Crescent Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5PR
Received 21 Jul 2021Moss Farm Cottage South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 21 Jul 2021Springwood 68A Blackburn Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8LH
Received 21 Jul 2021Pikestone Court Portsmouth Drive Chorley PR6 0TX
Received 22 Jul 2021The Old Bakery 219 South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 22 Jul 2021Lucas Green Lucas Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DA
Received 22 Jul 2021Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 22 Jul 2021Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 22 Jul 2021109 Draperfield Chorley PR7 3PN
Received 22 Jul 2021Amelie's Restaurant 311 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DU
Received 22 Jul 2021Queensway Withnell Brinscall Chorley Lancashire North West England England PR6 8QQ
Received 23 Jul 2021Central England Cooperative Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SB
Received 23 Jul 2021Lydiate Farm Cottage Lydiate Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6LX
Received 23 Jul 202134 Delph Way Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TG
Received 23 Jul 2021Beech Cottage Water Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8NH
Received 24 Jul 2021Beech Cottage Water Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8NH
Received 24 Jul 2021Tesco Foxhole Road Chorley PR7 1NW
Received 23 Jul 2021Chorley And South Ribble District General Hospital Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PP
Received 26 Jul 2021Chorley And South Ribble District General Hospital Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PP
Received 23 Jul 2021McDonald's Restaurants Ltd Foxhole Road Chorley PR7 1NF
Received 26 Jul 202123 Radburn Close Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RB
Received 26 Jul 2021Casablanca High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 26 Jul 2021Rear Of 323 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0DR
Received 27 Jul 2021Meadow Lane Bridge Meadow Lane Croston
Received 27 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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