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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.
8,326 approved · 804 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Straits Farm The Straits Hoghton Preston PR5 0DA
Received 25 Nov 202223 Firbank Euxton Chorley PR7 6HP
Received 25 Nov 2022Shaw Hill Lodge Dawson Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DT
Received 25 Nov 2022The Oaks Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LH
Received 27 Nov 2022Leyland Garden Centre Leyland Garden Centre 338 Southport Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LQ
Received 28 Nov 2022Jubilee Almshouses Shevington Causeway Croston
Received 28 Nov 2022Euxton Villa Football Club Jim Fowler Memorial Playing Fields Runshaw Hall Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HQ
Received 29 Nov 202238A Drinkhouse Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JH
Received 30 Nov 202232 Beechfields Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RE
Received 30 Nov 2022Land South Of Red Bank Scout Hut Little Carr Lane Chorley
Received 30 Nov 202224 Railway Street Chorley PR7 2UA
Received 30 Nov 202273 Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JF
Received 30 Nov 2022The Boatyard Bolton Road Hoghton
Received 30 Nov 2022Dryfield Cottage Dryfield Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RT
Received 30 Nov 2022Jubilee Service Station 65 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PG
Received 30 Nov 202236 Cotswold Road Chorley PR7 3HW
Received 1 Dec 2022Delf Farm Briers Brow Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HD
Received 1 Dec 2022Land To The West Side Of Blackburn Road Chorley
Received 1 Dec 2022221 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0AG
Received 1 Dec 2022221 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0AG
Received 1 Dec 2022Hoghton Tower Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SH
Received 1 Dec 2022Astley View Care Home, Euxton Lane, Chorley, PR7 1PS
Received 2 Dec 2022Round Bush Holker Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LL
Received 4 Dec 2022Stagecoach North West Ribble Motor Services Bus Depot Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0PU
Received 5 Dec 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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