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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,374 approved · 807 refused · 427 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 10 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Richmond Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SS
Received 31 Jan 20235 Town Brow Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SY
Received 31 Jan 202313 Spinners Close Coppull Chorley PR7 5FQ
Received 31 Jan 20239 Whalley Road Heskin Chorley PR7 5NY
Received 1 Feb 2023Guest House Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HD
Received 1 Feb 2023Laburnums High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 1 Feb 2023Land Adjacent To 243 Hoghton Lane Hoghton
Received 1 Feb 2023Clarks 12 - 14 Chapel Street Chorley PR7 1BW
Received 1 Feb 2023Breworth Fold Farm Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 2 Feb 2023Breworth Fold Farm Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 2 Feb 20232 Northside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AN
Received 2 Feb 202311 Victoria Court Croston Leyland PR26 9HW
Received 2 Feb 2023Twist Moor Barn Roddlesworth Lane Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DX
Received 2 Feb 20237 Oakmere Avenue Withnell Chorley PR6 8AX
Received 2 Feb 2023Arqiva Telecommunication Mast Site No 93448 Charnock Brow Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard
Received 1 Feb 202310 Royton Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HJ
Received 3 Feb 202336 Empress Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6QB
Received 3 Feb 2023The Hillocks Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RJ
Received 3 Feb 202330 Beech Avenue Anderton Chorley PR6 9PQ
Received 3 Feb 20231 Home Farm Mews Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JT
Received 3 Feb 2023267 Southport Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LQ
Received 3 Feb 202311 Dale View Chorley PR7 3QJ
Received 4 Feb 20234 Mallom Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6PU
Received 4 Feb 2023Botany Bay Canal Mill Botany Bay Chorley PR6 9AF
Received 6 Feb 2023Records 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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