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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.
8,509 approved · 819 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pendle View Farm Buckholes Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JJ
Received 27 Oct 2023125 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PJ
Received 27 Oct 2023Mansfield Winchester Avenue Chorley PR7 4AQ
Received 30 Oct 202316 Ringway Chorley PR7 2QD
Received 31 Oct 2023Breworth Fold Farm Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 31 Oct 2023The Imperial 59 Union Street Chorley PR7 1AB
Received 31 Oct 2023The Old House Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 31 Oct 2023Whitegates 75 Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 31 Oct 2023Cuerden Hall Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AZ
Received 1 Nov 202344 Oakwood Road Coppull Chorley PR7 4PB
Received 1 Nov 2023Silcock Barn Windmill Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NX
Received 1 Nov 2023Land Bounded By Ordnance Road And Buckshaw Railway Station Ordnance Road Buckshaw Village
Received 30 Oct 2023The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 1 Nov 2023Vodafone Telecommunications Mast At 519 NW Water Authority Site New Road Anderton
Received 1 Nov 2023Gold Standard Foot Care 50 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 2 Nov 2023Croft Barn North Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AY
Received 2 Nov 202328 Clayton Gate Coppull Chorley PR7 4PS
Received 2 Nov 202330 Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 2 Nov 2023Nationwide Building Society 4 - 6 Fazakerley Street Chorley PR7 1BG
Received 2 Nov 202310 Empress Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6QB
Received 2 Nov 202321 Empress Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6QB
Received 3 Nov 202321 Thetford Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5PG
Received 3 Nov 2023Euxton Methodist Church Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6LP
Received 4 Nov 2023O2 SITE NO 42808 Telecommunications Mast 70M North Of Scrap Busters Harpers Lane Chorley
Received 3 Nov 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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