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.
6,318 approved · 627 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 2 - Land To The Rear 179 Chorley Old Road Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 20 May 2020Garstang House Farm Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BY
Received 20 May 20204 Hurst Green Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QT
Received 21 May 202030 Anderton Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JA
Received 21 May 2020Five Acres Plant Centre Five Acres Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EE
Received 21 May 2020Oakfield Sarscow Lane Eccleston Leyland PR26 8LS
Received 21 May 2020The Cottage Parkside Drive South Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PH
Received 21 May 2020Five Acres Farm Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 21 May 2020Langdale Avenue Croston
Received 22 May 2020Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley
Received 22 May 2020The Barn Rigby House Farm The Common Adlington Chorley PR7 4DS
Received 22 May 20207 The Bowers Chorley PR7 3LA
Received 23 May 202015 Hurst Green Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QS
Received 23 May 2020Oakfield Sarscow Lane Eccleston Leyland PR26 8LS
Received 23 May 202016 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 23 May 2020The Little Barn South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 23 May 20205 Euxton Hall Mews Euxton Chorley PR7 6QE
Received 23 May 2020Land To The Rear Of 173, 175 And 179 Chorley Old Road Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 23 May 202011 Hillside Close Euxton Chorley PR7 6JB
Received 23 May 2020Harrison Farm Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 24 May 20205 Willow Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8NP
Received 25 May 202016 Carr Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QD
Received 25 May 2020Land At Wigan Road Wigan Road Cuerden Bamber Bridge
Received 26 May 2020Norris's Farm North Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AY
Received 26 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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