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.
6,361 approved · 628 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
O/S 1 Cock Robin Highfield Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HG
Received 22 Jun 2020Near The Lodge Highfield Road Croston
Received 22 Jun 2020Near Moss Lea Highfield Road Croston
Received 22 Jun 2020Opposite Higher Hey Highfield Road Croston
Received 22 Jun 2020Cross Farm Preston Road Wigan Standish WN6 0QE
Received 22 Jun 2020Blossom Hill 382 Langton Brow Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PB
Received 22 Jun 202039 Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HN
Received 22 Jun 202045 Southport Road Chorley PR7 1LF
Received 22 Jun 202014 Anderton Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JA
Received 22 Jun 2020Nook Farm Holker Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LL
Received 23 Jun 202078 Duke Street Chorley PR7 3DT
Received 22 Jun 202082 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 23 Jun 2020The Barn At Drinkhouse Farm Drinkhouse Road Croston
Received 23 Jun 20202 Merlin Close Heapey Chorley PR6 9BB
Received 23 Jun 202030 Mayfield Avenue Adlington Chorley PR6 9QE
Received 23 Jun 202011 Haworth Road Chorley PR6 9FG
Received 23 Jun 202022 Tansley Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 5DJ
Received 23 Jun 202011 Fern Meadow Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RN
Received 23 Jun 20206 The Heathers Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8LJ
Received 24 Jun 20202 Copland Place Euxton Chorley PR7 6QW
Received 24 Jun 202017 Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SL
Received 24 Jun 202079 Park Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6JQ
Received 24 Jun 2020Kreen Akrore 20 Bett Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JH
Received 24 Jun 2020The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 24 Jun 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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