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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.
8,481 approved · 815 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Manor Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JG
Received 6 Sept 2023Jay Bank House Jay Bank Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TR
Received 6 Sept 2023Mapleleaf 65 Red House Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RH
Received 6 Sept 2023Blainscough Works Blainscough Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5HT
Received 8 Sept 2023Causeway Farm Riley Green Hoghton Preston PR5 0SL
Received 8 Sept 2023Windmill Farm Windmill Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PG
Received 8 Sept 2023412 Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HX
Received 8 Sept 2023Sandersons Farm Park Hall Road Heskin Chorley PR7 5LS
Received 8 Sept 2023Land And Buildings To The West Of Dean Cottage Dean Hall Lane Euxton PR7 6ER
Received 8 Sept 2023Lancaster Cottage Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LE
Received 8 Sept 202341 Long Croft Meadow Astley Village Chorley PR7 1TR
Received 8 Sept 2023Eccleston Equestrian Centre Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 8 Sept 20236 Grenadier Walk Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7EF
Received 8 Sept 2023Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 8 Sept 2023Greenways Rest Home 720 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Preston PR5 8JP
Received 8 Sept 2023Brothers Residence Lisieux Hall Dawson Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DX
Received 8 Sept 20236 Parke Road Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QB
Received 9 Sept 202328 Lords Croft Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TP
Received 9 Sept 2023Raeburn Pike Lowe Brinscall Chorley PR6 8SP
Received 9 Sept 2023Knowe House Euxton Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DR
Received 10 Sept 2023Gillivervet Garwood Equine Centre Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 11 Sept 2023Farnworth House Farm Grundys Lane Chorley PR7 4BZ
Received 11 Sept 2023The Paddock Dawson Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DS
Received 11 Sept 2023Morrisons Supermarket Brooke Street Chorley PR7 3BE
Received 11 Sept 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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