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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.
7,209 approved · 693 refused · 370 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Prospect House Whins Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HN
Received 10 Aug 2021157 Collingwood Road Chorley PR7 2QF
Received 10 Aug 2021The Old Rectory High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 10 Aug 202158 Lodge Bank Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QU
Received 10 Aug 2021JR's Ale House 20 Church Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4EX
Received 11 Aug 202127 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SN
Received 11 Aug 2021Rosewood 19 Oakmere Avenue Withnell Chorley PR6 8AX
Received 11 Aug 2021Ollerton Fold Farm Ollerton Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BW
Received 12 Aug 202116 Kittiwake Road Heapey Chorley PR6 9BA
Received 12 Aug 202111 Windflower Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5RG
Received 13 Aug 2021Withnell Fold Sports Club Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 13 Aug 202110 Bay Tree Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JW
Received 13 Aug 2021Bretherton Arms 252 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0ET
Received 13 Aug 202138 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH
Received 14 Aug 2021Garwood Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 14 Aug 20211 Kensington Road Chorley PR7 1LU
Received 14 Aug 2021Roycecroft Buckholes Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JJ
Received 14 Aug 202140 Castle Drive Adlington Chorley PR7 4EA
Received 14 Aug 202127 Glencroft Euxton Chorley PR7 6BX
Received 16 Aug 2021Mayfield Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 16 Aug 2021Euxton Mill Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 16 Aug 20212 Park Street Chorley
Received 16 Aug 202111 Seymour Street Chorley PR6 0RR
Received 16 Aug 2021Rigby House Farm The Common Adlington Chorley PR7 4DS
Received 17 Aug 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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