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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.
8,175 approved · 794 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lowe Fold Farm Coppice Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9DD
Received 13 Jul 202226 Carlton Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QG
Received 14 Jul 202221 New Street Mawdesley L40 2QN
Received 14 Jul 2022Sandall Cottage Riley Green Hoghton Preston PR5 0SL
Received 14 Jul 202253 Pear Tree Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4NL
Received 14 Jul 202216 Hunters Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TT
Received 15 Jul 2022Bungalow Filling Station 117 Moor Road Chorley PR7 2NU
Received 15 Jul 20222 Far Nook Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NY
Received 15 Jul 202242 Station Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RN
Received 15 Jul 2022Jepps Cottage Stocks Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5LT
Received 15 Jul 202211 Aldcliffe Court Adlington Chorley PR6 9FW
Received 15 Jul 2022Finchs Farm Syd Brook Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RD
Received 18 Jul 20225 Queens Road Chorley
Received 18 Jul 202249 Royton Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HJ
Received 19 Jul 2022Beech Grove Farm Black Moor Road Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QE
Received 19 Jul 2022100 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 19 Jul 2022Coppull St John's C Of E Primary School Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DU
Received 19 Jul 202274 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RB
Received 19 Jul 2022Disused Pillbox At Junction With Magill Close Berry Avenue Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 20 Jul 2022Lowe Farm 123 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DF
Received 20 Jul 202265 Pear Tree Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4NL
Received 20 Jul 2022Fiddlers Nook Farm 46 Jolly Tar Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4BH
Received 21 Jul 2022Highfield House Jolly Tar Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4BJ
Received 21 Jul 2022Tatton Community Centre Silverdale Road Chorley PR6 0PR
Received 21 Jul 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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