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.
6,374 approved · 629 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Copperbeech 2 Olde Stoneheath Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EH
Received 25 Jun 20207 Euxton Hall Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6PB
Received 25 Jun 2020The Co-operative Food 195 Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5BY
Received 25 Jun 2020Sundale Buckholes Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JL
Received 25 Jun 20201 Springs Terrace Dark Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AF
Received 25 Jun 2020The Shippon Pike Lowe Brinscall Chorley PR6 8SR
Received 25 Jun 2020Oakfield Sarscow Lane Eccleston Leyland PR26 8LS
Received 26 Jun 202064 Kingsway Euxton Chorley PR7 6PP
Received 26 Jun 202048 School Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QP
Received 26 Jun 202011 Countess Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6PT
Received 26 Jun 2020Land At The Rear Of 105 Heapey Road Chorley PR6 9BJ
Received 26 Jun 2020Woodcock Cottage 78 Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SL
Received 26 Jun 20203 Thetford Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5PG
Received 26 Jun 202084 Duxbury Manor Way Chorley PR7 3FJ
Received 27 Jun 20207 Hampden Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7JZ
Received 28 Jun 2020Malt House 95 South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 28 Jun 2020Mayfield Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 29 Jun 2020Newholme Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RE
Received 29 Jun 2020The Royal Bank Of Scotland 23 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 29 Jun 202047 School Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QS
Received 29 Jun 2020117 Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 30 Jun 2020Group 1 Euxton Lane Euxton
Received 30 Jun 2020North West Commercial Area Buckshaw Village Juncti Wigan Road Euxton
Received 30 Jun 2020Blue 103 Market Street Chorley PR7 2SQ
Received 30 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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