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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.
8,224 approved · 798 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
S/O 1 Botany Brow Chorley PR6 0JN
Received 23 Aug 2022Hunters Lodge Motel Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LH
Received 24 Aug 202220 Lawton Close Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HU
Received 25 Aug 2022Land Between 68 And 80 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DW
Received 25 Aug 202237 Townsend Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7JH
Received 25 Aug 2022Hallsworth Fold Farm Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EG
Received 26 Aug 202238 Hunts Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TT
Received 26 Aug 2022Ivy Cottage Water Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8NH
Received 26 Aug 202224 Sunny Brow Coppull Chorley PR7 4PE
Received 27 Aug 202211 Holly Close Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JN
Received 29 Aug 20223 Blackburn Street Chorley PR6 0PQ
Received 29 Aug 202238 Wright Street Chorley PR6 0SJ
Received 30 Aug 2022Northwood White Coppice Anglezarke Chorley PR6 9DF
Received 30 Aug 2022Howebrook Farm Bannister Green Heskin
Received 30 Aug 2022Howebrook Farm Bannister Green Heskin
Received 30 Aug 2022Church Farm Stables High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 30 Aug 2022125 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PJ
Received 30 Aug 202265 Beech Avenue Anderton Chorley PR6 9PQ
Received 31 Aug 2022Unit 1 The Workshop Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8AU
Received 31 Aug 2022Drinkhouse Farm Drinkhouse Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JH
Received 31 Aug 2022Boundary Farm Doles Lane Bretherton Leyland PR26 9BA
Received 31 Aug 2022Wigan Road Cuerden Bamber Bridge
Received 1 Sept 2022Land North Of Gorsey Lane Mawdesley
Received 1 Sept 2022Adlington Clinic Railway Road Adlington Chorley PR6 9RG
Received 1 Sept 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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