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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.
8,444 approved · 811 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower Wood End Farm Back Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7EX
Received 6 Jun 2023JR's Ale House 20 Church Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4EX
Received 9 Jun 2023Sandons Farm Sandy Lane Adlington Chorley PR7 4JT
Received 9 Jun 20232 Moor Hey Cottages South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AE
Received 9 Jun 2023Salt Pit Cottage Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX
Received 9 Jun 2023Land North Of The Railway Public House Wigan Road Euxton
Received 9 Jun 202317 Berkeley Close Chorley PR7 3JS
Received 9 Jun 20231 Brinscall Hall Cottages Dick Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QL
Received 10 Jun 202331 Dallington Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5AH
Received 11 Jun 202320 Petunia Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5RE
Received 11 Jun 20234 The Shippon Dick Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QL
Received 11 Jun 2023Moorcroft House Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 12 Jun 2023Abbey Villa Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DA
Received 12 Jun 2023Holly Cottage Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RE
Received 13 Jun 20233 Gleadhill House Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6NN
Received 13 Jun 2023Asda Superstore Clayton Green Centre Centre Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JY
Received 13 Jun 2023Heskin Pemberton C Of E Primary School Withington Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5LU
Received 14 Jun 2023The Brambles Pompian Brow Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AQ
Received 14 Jun 2023Harrison Farm Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 14 Jun 202315 Riverside Crescent Croston Leyland PR26 9RU
Received 14 Jun 202335 Greenside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AS
Received 15 Jun 2023Honeywood Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 15 Jun 202336 Dunham Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DN
Received 16 Jun 2023The Cruck Barn Duxbury Park Duxbury Hall Road Chorley PR7 4AT
Received 16 Jun 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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