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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.
8,419 approved · 809 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Castle Walks Croston Leyland PR26 9RH
Received 16 Apr 202329 Springfield Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5EJ
Received 17 Apr 2023Land South Of Parr Lane Eccleston
Received 17 Apr 20234 Mottram Close Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7GX
Received 17 Apr 2023Dryfield Cottage Dryfield Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RT
Received 17 Apr 2023Croston Village Surgery Out Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HJ
Received 17 Apr 2023Clayton Fold Farm Oakmere Avenue Withnell Chorley PR6 8AX
Received 18 Apr 202346 Chester Avenue Chorley PR7 4AG
Received 18 Apr 2023The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 18 Apr 2023The Mill Hotel Chorley Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 19 Apr 2023Abbey Mill Garden Street Abbey Village
Received 19 Apr 2023Springfields Sandy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QB
Received 20 Apr 2023Tan House Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5JZ
Received 20 Apr 202363 Bolton Road Chorley PR7 3AU
Received 21 Apr 202322 Cliffe Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HT
Received 22 Apr 202324 Smithy Close Brindle Chorley PR6 8NW
Received 22 Apr 2023DXC Technology Euxton House Euxton Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6FE
Received 24 Apr 2023DXC Technology Euxton House Euxton Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6FE
Received 24 Apr 2023Wilbeth Wrennalls Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5PW
Received 24 Apr 2023Camelot Theme Park Park Hall Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LP
Received 24 Apr 2023Vienna Chapel Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4PQ
Received 24 Apr 2023Wyncot Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 24 Apr 20238 Barnside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AJ
Received 24 Apr 20231 Belmont Road Adlington Chorley PR6 9PT
Received 25 Apr 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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