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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.
8,127 approved · 791 refused · 423 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 The Bowers Chorley PR7 3LA
Received 1 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To Trigfan Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RP
Received 1 Jun 2022Land At Straits Farm The Straits Hoghton
Received 1 Jun 2022Straits Farm The Straits Hoghton Preston PR5 0DA
Received 1 Jun 20223 Cyclamen Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5LW
Received 1 Jun 20223 Newby Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5ST
Received 1 Jun 202227 Smithy Close Brindle Chorley PR6 8NW
Received 2 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To 243 Hoghton Lane Hoghton
Received 3 Jun 2022The Shippon Windmill Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NX
Received 5 Jun 2022Willow Springs 41A Southport Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 6ET
Received 6 Jun 2022Breworth Fold House Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 6 Jun 2022Breworth Fold House Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 6 Jun 2022Breworth Fold House Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 6 Jun 2022Land Adjacent Rossendale Drive Adlington PR6 9AB
Received 6 Jun 202232 Sagar Street Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TA
Received 6 Jun 202223 Evergreen Close Chorley PR7 3QB
Received 6 Jun 20223 Long Copse Astley Village Chorley PR7 1TH
Received 6 Jun 2022Land North Of The Railway Public House Wigan Road Euxton
Received 6 Jun 2022Breworth Fold House Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 6 Jun 2022Breworth Fold House Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 6 Jun 2022Breworth Fold House Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 6 Jun 2022Breworth Fold House Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 6 Jun 20221 Grafton Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4JG
Received 7 Jun 20223 Daisy Fold Chorley PR6 0JU
Received 7 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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