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.
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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.
6,202 approved · 612 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Park Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4HZ
Received 17 Apr 2020Mast 3 Winter Hill Rivington Horwich
Received 17 Apr 20201 Moss Field Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7GS
Received 17 Apr 2020Wenderholm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LH
Received 17 Apr 20203 Irvine Place Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7FL
Received 17 Apr 2020Land 10M South Of 21 Dunrobin Drive Euxton
Received 17 Apr 2020The Old Manse Park Street Chorley PR7 1ER
Received 17 Apr 202014 Church Street Croston Leyland PR26 9HA
Received 20 Apr 202098 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 20 Apr 2020Vodafone Telecommunications Mast At 519 NW Water Authority Site New Road Anderton
Received 21 Apr 2020298 Chapel Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4LX
Received 21 Apr 2020Chorley Physiotherapy Services 207 Blackburn Road Heapey Chorley PR6 8EP
Received 22 Apr 2020Rose Cottage Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NA
Received 22 Apr 2020Rose Cottage Back Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9DW
Received 22 Apr 2020The Laurels At Charnock Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LE
Received 23 Apr 2020Apartment 9 Windsor Heights Windsor Road Chorley PR7 1JP
Received 23 Apr 202016 Bannister Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PG
Received 23 Apr 20209 Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SL
Received 23 Apr 2020Wrennalls House Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RE
Received 24 Apr 2020The Grove Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QG
Received 24 Apr 2020Land Adjoining Cuerden Residential Park Nell Lane Cuerden
Received 24 Apr 202011 Coppice Close Chorley PR6 0ES
Received 24 Apr 2020Preston Road Service Station Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PZ
Received 24 Apr 202021 Coppull Hall Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4PP
Received 25 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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