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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.
7,352 approved · 711 refused · 388 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunication Mast Site No 5011 Chorley Sewage Treatment Works Common Bank Lane Chorley
Received 11 Feb 2022The Bungalow Pear Tree Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DG
Received 11 Feb 202269 Fairview Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9ST
Received 11 Feb 2022176 Blackburn Road Chorley PR6 8TP
Received 11 Feb 2022Wilbrook Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RG
Received 11 Feb 2022Five Acres Plant Centre Five Acres Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EE
Received 11 Feb 20225 Moss Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5AL
Received 12 Feb 2022Meadowbank Woodhart Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TB
Received 12 Feb 2022153 School Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8PT
Received 13 Feb 202215 Alexander Close Chorley PR7 3FU
Received 13 Feb 202211 Triumph Avenue Chorley PR7 3DW
Received 14 Feb 202290 Glenmore Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TB
Received 14 Feb 2022Woodlands Anderton Court Bolton Road Anderton Bolton BL6 7RH
Received 14 Feb 2022Cuerden Strategic Site Wigan Road Cuerden Bamber Bridge
Received 15 Feb 202210 Coniston Way Croston Leyland PR26 9SD
Received 15 Feb 2022Pearson House Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY
Received 15 Feb 202226 Mallom Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6PU
Received 16 Feb 202252 Westhoughton Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4ET
Received 16 Feb 2022Telecommunications Mast Harbour Lane Wheelton
Received 16 Feb 2022Fiddlers Nook Farm 46 Jolly Tar Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4BH
Received 16 Feb 2022Land To The South West Of Ricmarlo Preston Nook Eccleston
Received 16 Feb 202239 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 17 Feb 2022Home Farm Barn Black Moor Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2PA
Received 17 Feb 2022Pike View Farm New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 17 Feb 2022Records 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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