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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.
10,021 approved · 925 refused · 506 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
139 Blackburn Road Heapey Chorley PR6 8EJ
Received 1 Sept 2025Barkers Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LE
Received 1 Sept 202520 Lune Drive Clayton-le-woods Leyland PR25 5SX
Received 2 Sept 2025Primrose Cottage Templefields Bagganley Lane Chorley PR6 9AS
Received 2 Sept 2025Land On The South Side Of Town Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley
Received 2 Sept 2025David Lloyd Leisure Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB
Received 2 Sept 20258 Belmont Road Adlington Chorley PR6 9PT
Received 2 Sept 202562 Clancutt Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4NS
Received 2 Sept 20254 Bell Villas Gib Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RT
Received 3 Sept 20251 Lydiate Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6LX
Received 3 Sept 202510 Olde Stoneheath Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EH
Received 3 Sept 202517 Orchard Close Euxton Chorley PR7 6LU
Received 4 Sept 2025Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 4 Sept 2025Land Between 68 And 80 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DW
Received 4 Sept 2025Lucas Green Lucas Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7DA
Received 4 Sept 2025Lucas Green Farm Lucas Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7DA
Received 4 Sept 2025Tesco Express Eaves Green Road Chorley PR7 3PQ
Received 4 Sept 2025Land Bounded By Parkhurst Avenue East Of Wigan Road Clayton-le-woods
Received 4 Sept 2025Land Between 68 And 80 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DW
Received 4 Sept 2025Land Between 68 And 80 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DW
Received 4 Sept 2025Land At Holker Lane Ulnes Walton
Received 5 Sept 2025The Cedars 5 Lower Hill Drive Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JP
Received 6 Sept 202533 Judeland Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XJ
Received 6 Sept 2025Stables And Riding Paddock Adjacent To 38 Cross Keys Drive Cross Keys Drive Whittle-le-woods
Received 7 Sept 2025Records 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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