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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.
8,502 approved · 817 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Kingsmead Chorley PR7 3JY
Received 13 Oct 2023Bretherton Congregational Church South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 13 Oct 202312 Rock Gardens Hoghton Preston PR5 0DB
Received 14 Oct 2023St James Parish Church Water Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8NH
Received 14 Oct 2023Apple Electrics Ltd Black Horse Street Chorley PR7 2HY
Received 16 Oct 2023Land And Buildings At Old Withnells Farm Trigg Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BZ
Received 16 Oct 20238 Willow Drive Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NL
Received 16 Oct 2023Sydbrook Park Hall Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LP
Received 16 Oct 2023Land 120M East Of 27 Charter Lane Charnock Richard
Received 16 Oct 2023Ardlea House Flag Lane Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AD
Received 16 Oct 202329 Gleneagles Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6FZ
Received 17 Oct 2023Round Bank Farm Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QZ
Received 17 Oct 2023Land South Of Parr Lane Eccleston
Received 17 Oct 2023Tan Pits Farm New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 17 Oct 202312 Shawbrook Close Euxton Chorley PR7 6JY
Received 17 Oct 2023Rose Cottage Allanson Hall Westhoughton Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4DG
Received 16 Oct 202312 The Cherries Euxton Chorley PR7 6NG
Received 18 Oct 2023The Dell Berry Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6RA
Received 18 Oct 202331 New Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QN
Received 18 Oct 202326 Glencroft Euxton Chorley PR7 6BX
Received 18 Oct 202333 New Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QN
Received 18 Oct 2023Parish Church Of St Laurence Union Street Chorley PR7 1AB
Received 18 Oct 202321 New Street Mawdesley L40 2QN
Received 16 Oct 20233 Duxbury Manor Way Chorley PR7 3FJ
Received 16 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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