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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.
8,120 approved · 790 refused · 423 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
O/S Rear Of 2 Park Royal Court Chorley PR7 3DE
Received 25 May 2022Favourites 66 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RB
Received 26 May 2022Ridley House Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RF
Received 26 May 2022Bungalow Filling Station 117 Moor Road Chorley PR7 2NU
Received 26 May 202223 Darlington Street Coppull Chorley PR7 5AB
Received 26 May 2022Mill House Farm Mill House Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NS
Received 26 May 2022Mill House Farm Mill House Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NS
Received 26 May 2022Group 1 Euxton Lane Euxton
Received 27 May 2022Brooklyn Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8LZ
Received 27 May 2022Fisher House Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SL
Received 27 May 2022Fisher House Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SL
Received 27 May 2022Ash Lea Farm Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 27 May 2022120 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DF
Received 27 May 202245 Winchester Avenue Chorley PR7 4AQ
Received 27 May 2022The Grapes Hotel 67 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 27 May 2022The Grapes Hotel 67 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 27 May 202225 Lawrence Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SJ
Received 28 May 202244 Queens Road Chorley PR7 1LA
Received 29 May 2022Top O'th Hill Farm Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 30 May 2022Top O'th Hill Farm Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 30 May 2022Telecommunications Mast Chisnall Hall Farm Chisnall Avenue Wrightington
Received 30 May 2022148 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0TA
Received 1 Jun 2022Morningtown Dark Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QU
Received 1 Jun 2022Junction Of Coppull Road And Birkacre Road Coppull
Received 1 Jun 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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