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.
6,453 approved · 631 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Playing Field To Rear Of Houses Greenside Euxton
Received 24 Jul 202017 Rotherwick Avenue Chorley PR7 2PY
Received 24 Jul 2020The Croft Lower Simpson Fold Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HL
Received 24 Jul 202013 Chelmsford Place Chorley PR7 2PE
Received 24 Jul 2020Playing Field To Rear Of Houses Greenside Euxton
Received 24 Jul 2020The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 24 Jul 202011 Foxcote Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XE
Received 25 Jul 20203 Argyll Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7HB
Received 26 Jul 20201 Olde Stoneheath Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EH
Received 26 Jul 202083 Sunningdale Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7ED
Received 26 Jul 2020Holmes Farm Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8LZ
Received 27 Jul 2020The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 27 Jul 2020385 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JA
Received 27 Jul 2020K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 1 Town Road Croston
Received 28 Jul 20204 Yew Tree Villas Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LF
Received 28 Jul 2020Drakesfold Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LU
Received 28 Jul 2020Woodview 63 Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY
Received 28 Jul 2020The Meadows Heskin
Received 29 Jul 20204 Larkfield Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RN
Received 29 Jul 2020Whittle-Le-Woods And Clayton-Le-Woods Parish Club 239 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PY
Received 29 Jul 2020Brook House Farm Brook Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LJ
Received 29 Jul 2020J.V & S.A. Rowland Tootles Farm Bentley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SW
Received 29 Jul 2020Parr Lane Eccleston
Received 30 Jul 2020O/S Tincklers Lane Cottage Tincklers Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QY
Received 30 Jul 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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