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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.
8,238 approved · 798 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Leyland Leisure Sales Trailer Centre 314 - 316 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HZ
Received 8 Sept 2022Land Adjacent And South Of Leeds Liverpool Canal Blackburn Road Chorley
Received 8 Sept 2022HM Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Received 8 Sept 2022Land Between 386 And 392 Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton
Received 8 Sept 2022St Catherines Hospice Book Shop 54 Chapel Street Chorley PR7 1BS
Received 8 Sept 2022Brooklyn Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8LZ
Received 8 Sept 2022South View Back Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SY
Received 9 Sept 2022Bank Hall Bank Hall Drive Bretherton
Received 9 Sept 2022Trinity C Of E Methodist Primary School Brookwood Way Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7JS
Received 9 Sept 202295 Bolton Road Chorley PR7 3AU
Received 10 Sept 2022Manor House Farm The Hillocks Croston Leyland PR26 9RE
Received 11 Sept 20226 Marsden Close Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RD
Received 5 Sept 20229 Woodside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AL
Received 5 Sept 2022Beechwood Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EN
Received 12 Sept 2022Roscoe Lowe Farm New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 12 Sept 2022Primrose Gardens Retirement Living Fleet Street Chorley
Received 13 Sept 2022Land To The West Of Gleadhill House Gardens Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 13 Sept 2022Stalk Farm High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 13 Sept 20222 Chancery Fields Euxton Chorley PR7 1DG
Received 13 Sept 20223 Chancery Fields Euxton Chorley PR7 1DG
Received 13 Sept 202239 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 14 Sept 202246 The Asshawes Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JW
Received 15 Sept 2022Park View Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HD
Received 15 Sept 202236 Folly Wood Drive Chorley PR7 2FW
Received 15 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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