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.
6,193 approved · 610 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Springfield Nursing Home 191 Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5BY
Received 2 Apr 202020 Princess Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6PJ
Received 3 Apr 20202 Brookfield Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7FG
Received 3 Apr 20206 Railway View Croston Leyland PR26 9RY
Received 4 Apr 2020312 Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5DE
Received 5 Apr 2020The Cavendish Arms Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NG
Received 6 Apr 2020Chorley And South Ribble District General Hospital Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PP
Received 7 Apr 2020Thorncroft Windmill Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NX
Received 8 Apr 2020Springfield View Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RF
Received 8 Apr 2020The Barn At Drinkhouse Farm Drinkhouse Road Croston
Received 8 Apr 2020The Old Rectory High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 8 Apr 2020Hawthorn House Wrennalls Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PN
Received 8 Apr 2020St Lukes Church Quarry Road Brinscall Chorley PR6 8RB
Received 9 Apr 20208 School Close Croston Leyland PR26 9AW
Received 9 Apr 2020Telent Technology Services Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JP
Received 9 Apr 20203 Glenmore Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TA
Received 9 Apr 20208 Daisy Hill Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9NE
Received 10 Apr 202051 Grove Crescent Adlington Chorley PR6 9RJ
Received 12 Apr 20203 Bluebell Close Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RH
Received 12 Apr 2020Morrisons Supermarket Brooke Street Chorley PR7 3BE
Received 15 Apr 2020Morrisons Supermarket Brooke Street Chorley PR7 3BE
Received 15 Apr 202029 Cranbourne Drive Chorley PR6 0LJ
Received 15 Apr 2020Woodlands Bentley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SN
Received 16 Apr 202031 Gleneagles Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6FZ
Received 16 Apr 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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