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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.
8,074 approved · 784 refused · 420 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 10 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Lever Park Avenue Viscount Close Euxton Lancashire
Received 3 May 2022Fairport Engineering Adlington Mill Market Place Adlington Chorley PR7 4EZ
Received 3 May 2022Back Lane Mawdesley
Received 3 May 202234 Horseshoe Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7GQ
Received 3 May 2022Telecommunication Mast 121856 Bolton Road Abbey Village
Received 29 Apr 2022Tithe Barn Lane Heapey
Received 4 May 2022Land Opposite B And Q Preston Street Chorley
Received 3 May 20221 Warthside Coppice Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9DB
Received 5 May 2022Leyland Garden Centre Leyland Garden Centre 338 Southport Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LQ
Received 5 May 2022Gelston Dawson Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DT
Received 5 May 202238 Claughton Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TL
Received 6 May 2022Land Off Harbour Lane Harbour Lane Wheelton
Received 6 May 2022Oak Lodge Stoneacre Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9SR
Received 9 May 2022186 South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AH
Received 10 May 202235 Carr Meadow Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8HR
Received 10 May 202253 Devonshire Road Chorley PR7 2DR
Received 10 May 2022Bungalow Filling Station 117 Moor Road Chorley PR7 2NU
Received 10 May 202219 Orchard Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JZ
Received 10 May 2022Land Adjacent To 8 Lydiate Lane Cuerden Leyland PR25 5SA
Received 11 May 2022132A Southport Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LN
Received 11 May 2022144 Chorley Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HB
Received 11 May 202216 Willow Drive Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NL
Received 11 May 2022Orange Telecommunications Mast Site 1175 Heapey Road Chorley
Received 9 May 2022Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 11 May 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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