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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.
11,508 approved · 1,007 refused · 604 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-3 Clifford Street Chorley PR7 1AQ
Received 28 Aug 2026Land Adjacent To 101 Chorley Road Adlington
Received 28 Aug 2026Greenacres Back Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9DP
Received 28 Aug 202622 Windsor Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SG
Received 28 Aug 2026Land West Of Plymouth Cottages Butterworth Brow Chorley PR7 3QL
Received 28 Aug 202614 Lewis Close Adlington Chorley PR7 4JU
Received 28 Aug 2026Wilmar House Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HH
Received 29 Aug 2026The Glen Gib Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RU
Received 28 Aug 2026Communications Mast Holt Lane Brindle
Received 1 Sept 2026405 Preston Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7JA
Received 1 Sept 2026Telecommunications Mast Site No 99824 Chorley Cricket Club Sandringham Road Chorley
Received 2 Sept 2026Round Bank Farm Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QZ
Received 2 Sept 2026Brooklands Quaker Brook Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JA
Received 2 Sept 20261 Rosedene Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SL
Received 3 May 2026Land Adjacent The Forge Westhoughton Road Adlington
Received 3 Sept 2026Unit L Low Mill Industrial Estate Whittle Le Woods Chorley PR6 7DJ
Received 3 Sept 20269 Jubilee Close Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7FS
Received 3 Sept 20264 Duke's Park Drive Chorley PR7 3FA
Received 2 Sept 202673 Longworth Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4PJ
Received 4 Sept 2026Land To The East Of Sumner House Dole Lane Chorley
Received 4 Sept 20261 Clayton Gate Coppull Chorley PR7 4PR
Received 6 Sept 2026Brown Hill Farm Copthurst Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8LR
Received 4 Sept 2026Golden Acres Ltd Plocks Farm Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 7 Sept 2026Woodview Bungalow Wood Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RL
Received 7 Sept 2026Records 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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