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.
6,573 approved · 644 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Shaw Brow Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7LE
Received 13 Sept 2020Little Wood End Farm Back Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5JX
Received 14 Sept 2020Shelley Drive Eccleston
Received 14 Sept 20203 Farm House Close Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QN
Received 14 Sept 202043 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH
Received 14 Sept 2020Hoghton Tower Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SH
Received 14 Sept 2020Croft Fisheries Grimeford Lane Anderton Chorley PR6 9HL
Received 14 Sept 2020Canal Aqueduct Leeds And Liverpool Canal Over River Douglas 60 Metres South Of 1 Hanson Street Adlington
Received 14 Sept 20207 Gleadhill House Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6NN
Received 14 Sept 2020Huggarts Farm Denham Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PR
Received 15 Sept 2020Little Knowley Farm Heapey Road Chorley PR6 9BQ
Received 15 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To Prestwick Close Buckshaw Village
Received 15 Sept 2020246 - 250 Spendmore Lane Coppull
Received 15 Sept 202022 Isleworth Drive Chorley PR7 2PU
Received 16 Sept 202016 Pear Tree Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HU
Received 16 Sept 20208 Crofters Green Euxton Chorley PR7 6LQ
Received 16 Sept 2020Brentwood Shaw Hill Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PN
Received 16 Sept 2020HM Prison Garth Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8NE
Received 16 Sept 2020Mediterranean At Robin Hood Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RG
Received 17 Sept 2020243 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JD
Received 17 Sept 2020Land 10M South Of 21 Dunrobin Drive Euxton
Received 18 Sept 2020104 Harrison Road Chorley PR7 3HS
Received 18 Sept 2020Rectory Field School Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TG
Received 18 Sept 2020Land 60M West Of No. 3 Castle Walks Croston
Received 18 Sept 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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