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.
6,487 approved · 637 refused · 327 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eccleston Equestrian Centre Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 30 Jul 2020Astley Hall Astley Park Park Road Chorley PR7 1NP
Received 30 Jul 2020Withington Lane Heskin
Received 31 Jul 202033 Bagganley Lane Chorley PR6 0EA
Received 31 Jul 2020Church Farm Livery Stables High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 31 Jul 2020Eccleston Equestrian Centre Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 31 Jul 20202 Redhill Grove Chorley PR6 8TU
Received 31 Jul 2020Rivington Lodge Dryfield Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RT
Received 3 Aug 2020Land At Market Street Part Of Adlington South Business Park Huyton Road Adlington
Received 3 Aug 2020Nook Farm Nook Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RL
Received 4 Aug 2020Guest House Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HD
Received 4 Aug 2020257 Moor Road Chorley PR7 2NN
Received 4 Aug 2020Stagecoach North West Ribble Motor Services Bus Depot Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0PU
Received 4 Aug 20207 Langton Close Eccleston Chorley PR7 5UU
Received 4 Aug 2020Domestic Appliance Centre 16 New Market Street Chorley PR7 1DB
Received 4 Aug 202020 Old Wood Close Chorley PR7 2FZ
Received 4 Aug 20201 Anchor Fields Eccleston Chorley PR7 5UW
Received 4 Aug 202039 Nab Wood Drive Chorley PR7 2FG
Received 4 Aug 2020114 Claughton Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TP
Received 5 Aug 2020Chorley And South Ribble District General Hospital Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PP
Received 5 Aug 2020Ash Lea Farm Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 5 Aug 202057 Chapel Street Chorley PR7 1BU
Received 5 Aug 20206 Langdale Grove Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NU
Received 5 Aug 2020Stagecoach North West Ribble Motor Services Bus Depot Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0PU
Received 6 Aug 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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