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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.
8,319 approved · 804 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38A Drinkhouse Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JH
Received 18 Nov 2022Rivington Unitarian Chapel Sheep House Lane Rivington
Received 18 Nov 202239 Kingsway Euxton Chorley PR7 6PR
Received 21 Nov 202234 Belmont Road Adlington Chorley PR6 9PU
Received 21 Nov 2022161 Draperfield Chorley PR7 3PR
Received 21 Nov 2022Croston Hall Croston Hall Estate Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 21 Nov 202265 Manor Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JR
Received 21 Nov 20223 Carnoustie Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6FR
Received 21 Nov 2022Great Barn Hoghton Tower Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Chorley PR5 0SH
Received 22 Nov 2022Moss House Barn Coppull Moor Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5JH
Received 22 Nov 2022Home Bargains Alliance Retail Park Water Street Chorley PR7 1EX
Received 22 Nov 202227 Meadowcroft Euxton Chorley PR7 6BU
Received 22 Nov 2022Go Ape Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 22 Nov 2022Land 55 Metres West Of Stopes Farm Bury Lane Withnell
Received 23 Nov 20226 Halls Square Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AQ
Received 24 Nov 2022Sherbourne 70 Doctors Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QZ
Received 24 Nov 2022Great Barn Hoghton Tower Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Chorley PR5 0SH
Received 24 Nov 2022Holker Cottage Holker Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LL
Received 24 Nov 2022Land North Of The Railway Public House Wigan Road Euxton
Received 24 Nov 2022Stoat Hall Fisheries Back Lane Bretherton Leyland PR26 9BE
Received 24 Nov 202217 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 24 Nov 2022Land Adjoining Cuerden Residential Park Nell Lane Cuerden
Received 25 Nov 202263 Walgarth Drive Chorley PR7 2QN
Received 25 Nov 2022Straits Farm The Straits Hoghton Preston PR5 0DA
Received 25 Nov 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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