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.
6,301 approved · 623 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wood Lane Mawdesley
Received 6 May 2020Holly Bank Moody Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TB
Received 6 May 2020High Street Mawdesley
Received 6 May 2020Moody Lane Mawdesley
Received 6 May 2020Playdor Nursery School The Bungalow 4 Chorley Hall Road Chorley PR7 1RJ
Received 6 May 20201 Heapey House Heapey Road Heapey Chorley PR6 9BW
Received 6 May 202052 Pear Tree Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HX
Received 6 May 20203 Railway Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4EH
Received 7 May 2020Julinden Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NT
Received 8 May 2020Barn Off North Road Bretherton
Received 10 May 2020White Gates Sandy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QB
Received 11 May 20207 Thurstan Place Chorley PR7 3FS
Received 11 May 202011 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH
Received 12 May 2020Brook House Hotel 662 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7EH
Received 13 May 2020127A Station Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RP
Received 13 May 2020Croston Cemetery Carr Lane Croston
Received 13 May 202024 Duxbury Gardens Chorley PR7 3JZ
Received 13 May 202014 Casterton Euxton Chorley PR7 6HN
Received 13 May 2020Corner Croft Wigan Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DD
Received 13 May 202027 & 29 Manor Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JG
Received 14 May 202010 Cherryfields Euxton Chorley PR7 6JS
Received 14 May 2020Rose Cottage Moss Lane Bretherton Leyland PR26 9BB
Received 15 May 2020Mossgate Marl Cop Bretherton Leyland PR26 9BD
Received 15 May 2020Opposite The Burrows Moss Lane Bretherton
Received 15 May 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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