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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.
7,291 approved · 706 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Twist Moor Barn Roddlesworth Lane Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DX
Received 8 Dec 2021Withington Barn Farm Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 8 Dec 2021Back Lane Farm Dover Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PE
Received 9 Dec 2021Flash Green Farm Jenny Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JE
Received 9 Dec 2021Euxton Villa Football Club Jim Fowler Memorial Playing Fields Runshaw Hall Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HQ
Received 9 Dec 2021South View Back Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SY
Received 9 Dec 202121 Tootell Street Chorley PR7 2HX
Received 9 Dec 20219 Belfry Close Euxton Chorley PR7 6FG
Received 9 Dec 202150 Chorley Road Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JS
Received 9 Dec 2021125 Maypark Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8JE
Received 9 Dec 2021Brookhouse Barn Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JD
Received 10 Dec 20211 Oak Drive Chorley PR6 7BY
Received 13 Dec 2021Buckholes Farm Buckholes Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JL
Received 13 Dec 2021Whitegates 75 Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 13 Dec 202178 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 14 Dec 2021The Workshop 2 Churchill Road Brinscall Chorley PR6 8RQ
Received 14 Dec 2021Silvesters Farm Washington Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DJ
Received 14 Dec 202111 Royton Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HJ
Received 14 Dec 2021Astley Hall Astley Park Park Road Chorley PR7 1NP
Received 14 Dec 20212 Sandridge Avenue Chorley PR7 2PZ
Received 14 Dec 2021Admergill The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 15 Dec 2021506 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JB
Received 15 Dec 202110 Tuson Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7FZ
Received 15 Dec 2021Plot 2 Buckshaw Hall Knight Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7HW
Received 15 Dec 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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