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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.
8,425 approved · 809 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bank Hall Bank Hall Drive Bretherton
Received 25 Apr 202317 St Georges Street Chorley PR7 2AA
Received 25 Apr 2023Guest House Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HD
Received 25 Apr 202314 Dunrobin Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6NE
Received 25 Apr 2023Bancroft Farm Higher Simpson Fold Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HW
Received 25 Apr 2023Heapey Fold Estate Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Received 25 Apr 2023Liptrot Farm Gilbertson Road Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DJ
Received 25 Apr 20232 Middlewood Close Eccleston PR7 5QG
Received 26 Apr 2023School Lane Euxton
Received 26 Apr 2023Mediterranean At Robin Hood Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RG
Received 27 Apr 202316 Daisy Hill Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9NE
Received 27 Apr 2023Spencer House Farm Town Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5QA
Received 28 Apr 202315 Harrock Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TX
Received 28 Apr 2023Vodaphone Ltd Telecommunication Mast Site No 35101 Clayton Green Road Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 28 Apr 20231 Coppull Hall Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4PP
Received 28 Apr 2023Land South Of Mercer Court And East Of Westhoughton Road Adlington
Received 28 Apr 2023Beechwood Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EN
Received 29 Apr 2023Farnworth House Farm Grundys Lane Chorley PR7 4BZ
Received 29 Apr 202362 Studfold Astley Village Chorley PR7 1UB
Received 29 Apr 202321 New Street Mawdesley L40 2QN
Received 29 Apr 20238 Levens Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SS
Received 1 May 2023Oak Lodge Stoneacre Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9SR
Received 1 May 2023134 St Gregorys Place Chorley PR7 3NZ
Received 1 May 20235 Cranbourne Street Chorley PR6 0LH
Received 2 May 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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