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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.
8,495 approved · 816 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
NIS Engineering Common Bank Industrial Estate Ackhurst Road Chorley PR7 1NH
Received 27 Sept 2023Land Bounded By Town Lane (To The North) And Lucas Lane (To The West) Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 27 Sept 2023Gleadhill Coach House Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EA
Received 27 Sept 2023The WAP Dark Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AE
Received 27 Sept 2023Oak House Dawson Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DU
Received 28 Sept 2023Harrock Hill View Bradshaw Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SF
Received 28 Sept 202339 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 29 Sept 2023Park View 38 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 29 Sept 2023Land Near Roundabout Botany Brow Chorley
Received 2 Oct 2023Fairview Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EX
Received 2 Oct 2023Bradleys Farm Sheep House Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SD
Received 2 Oct 2023The Old House Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 2 Oct 202337 Dorset Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7DN
Received 2 Oct 202357 Carleton Road Chorley PR6 8UB
Received 3 Oct 202373 Longworth Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4PJ
Received 3 Oct 202323 Drapers Avenue Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SY
Received 3 Oct 2023Former BAE Site Group 1 Parcel C1 And C2 Central Avenue Buckshaw Village
Received 3 Oct 2023Home Farm Bungalow Black Moor Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2PA
Received 3 Oct 2023Fig Tree House Barn Tanhouse Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8FD
Received 3 Oct 2023Shani 18 Bett Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JH
Received 3 Oct 2023111 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 3 Oct 2023Hillocks Farm 17 The Hillocks Croston Leyland PR26 9RE
Received 3 Oct 202363 Walgarth Drive Chorley PR7 2QN
Received 3 Oct 202332 Judeland Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XJ
Received 3 Oct 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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