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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.
8,254 approved · 798 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH
Received 15 Sept 2022Land Bounded By Town Lane (To The North) And Lucas Lane (To The West) Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 15 Sept 2022Euxton Mill Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 16 Sept 2022Bank Hall Bank Hall Drive Bretherton
Received 16 Sept 2022Cuerden Valley Park Trust Visitor Centre Berkeley Drive Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6BY
Received 16 Sept 20225 Tarnbeck Drive Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RU
Received 16 Sept 20223A Kenyon Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EX
Received 16 Sept 2022Land Opposite Fleet Street And At Northern End Of Pall Mall Chorley
Received 20 Sept 202243 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 20 Sept 2022Lower Wood End Farm Back Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7EX
Received 21 Sept 2022Barracks Farm 1 Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY
Received 22 Sept 2022Hilfred Crosse Hall Lane Chorley PR6 9AN
Received 22 Sept 2022Land Between 20 And Mereside Oakmere Avenue Withnell
Received 22 Sept 202211 Dunham Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DN
Received 23 Sept 202211 Dunham Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DN
Received 23 Sept 2022Douglas Bank Farm Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 23 Sept 2022Lynear Technical Services Unit 29 Roundhouse Court Barnes Wallis Way Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7JN
Received 26 Sept 2022Garrig 1 Coronation Villas Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 26 Sept 2022Park Dene 428 Langton Brow Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PB
Received 26 Sept 20221 Abbeystead Gardens Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8EF
Received 26 Sept 2022Land Off Gorsey Lane Forming Part Of South View, Back Lane Mawdesley
Received 27 Sept 20225 Quarry Road Brinscall Chorley PR6 8RB
Received 27 Sept 2022Tan House Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5JZ
Received 27 Sept 2022Spencer House Farm Town Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5QA
Received 28 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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