Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,168 approved · 609 refused · 308 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Pear Tree Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4NL
Received 8 May 2013Group 1 Euxton Lane Euxton
Received 28 Jun 201828 Bryning Way Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7DQ
Received 2 Dec 2019Edgend Quaker Brook Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JA
Received 8 Jan 2020Martin House Farm Church Lane Wrightington Wigan WN6 9SW
Received 28 Jan 2020Martin House Farm Church Lane Wrightington Wigan WN6 9SW
Received 28 Jan 2020Land Between 386 And 392 Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton
Received 5 Feb 2020Land Adjoining Cuerden Residential Park Nell Lane Cuerden
Received 18 Feb 2020Stables Throstle Nest Farm Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 19 Feb 2020The Hop Pocket Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JQ
Received 21 Feb 2020OS 10 Coltsfoot Drive Chorley
Received 9 Mar 2020OS 2 Coltsfoot Drive Chorley
Received 9 Mar 2020Opp 2 Cowslip Way Chorley
Received 9 Mar 2020Land 10M North Of 46 Church Street Adlington
Received 11 Mar 20203 Monks Drive Withnell Chorley PR6 8SG
Received 12 Mar 2020Eagles Rest Marl Cop Bretherton Leyland PR26 9BD
Received 19 Mar 2020Golden Acres Ltd Plocks Farm Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 21 Mar 2020Fairfield Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HH
Received 21 Mar 202049 Chorley Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5EP
Received 23 Mar 2020Sandall Cottage Riley Green Hoghton Preston PR5 0SL
Received 23 Mar 2020109 Carrington Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4RP
Received 23 Mar 2020Pack Saddle Barn Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JZ
Received 24 Mar 2020Boardman Heights Farm Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8SD
Received 24 Mar 20204 St Hildas Close Chorley PR7 3NU
Received 24 Mar 2020Records 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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