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.
6,311 approved · 625 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Opposite Beech Field North Road Bretherton
Received 15 May 2020Woodlea Highfield Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HH
Received 15 May 2020Near The Lodge Highfield Road Croston
Received 15 May 2020Near Moss Lea Highfield Road Croston
Received 15 May 2020Opposite Higher Hey Highfield Road Croston
Received 15 May 2020207 Higher Meadow Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5RR
Received 16 May 202017 Warwick Crescent Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7NE
Received 17 May 2020Hall Green Barn Tannersmith Lane Mawdesley Chorley PR7 5PS
Received 17 May 2020Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 18 May 202021 Coniston Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6NY
Received 18 May 2020East Barn Heights Farm Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8SJ
Received 18 May 202019 Haworth Road Chorley PR6 9FG
Received 18 May 202010 Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NP
Received 18 May 2020Land Between Cockers Farm Access Road And Long Lane Long Lane Heath Charnock
Received 19 May 2020Bridge End House Towngate Eccleston Chorley PR7 6ND
Received 19 May 2020Haslem Printers Ltd Standish Street Chorley PR7 3AJ
Received 19 May 20207 Holly Close Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JN
Received 19 May 202030 Anderton Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JA
Received 19 May 2020The Squirrel Bolton Road Anderton Horwich BL6 7RW
Received 19 May 2020Ash Lea Farm Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 19 May 2020Golden Acres Ltd Plocks Farm Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 20 May 2020Barn Off North Road Bretherton
Received 20 May 20205 Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PN
Received 20 May 2020The Squirrel Bolton Road Anderton Horwich BL6 7RW
Received 20 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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