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.
6,579 approved · 645 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 21 Sept 2020Retreat Restaurants Ltd 19 Church Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4EX
Received 21 Sept 2020Land Adjoining Cuerden Residential Park Nell Lane Cuerden
Received 21 Sept 202025 Leyland Drive Chorley PR7 3BQ
Received 21 Sept 20203 Cortland Avenue Eccleston Chorley PR7 5FP
Received 21 Sept 2020Buzz Bingo Bingo Hall 1 Market Street Chorley PR7 1BD
Received 22 Sept 2020Lever Edge 11 Oakmere Avenue Withnell Chorley PR6 8AX
Received 22 Sept 202012 Castle Drive Adlington Chorley PR7 4EA
Received 22 Sept 2020The Barn Back Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9DN
Received 22 Sept 2020Retreat Restaurants Ltd 19 Church Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4EX
Received 23 Sept 202036 Westfields Croston Leyland PR26 9RT
Received 23 Sept 2020Stalk Farm High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 23 Sept 2020Shaw Green Farm Cottage Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EU
Received 23 Sept 2020The Fishing Lodge Bolton Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BY
Received 23 Sept 2020Star Paper Mill Moulden Brow Feniscowles Hoghton
Received 24 Sept 2020Ridley Cottage Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RF
Received 24 Sept 20207 Highfield Close Adlington Chorley PR6 9RL
Received 24 Sept 20202 Balshaw Villa Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6NL
Received 24 Sept 202023 Spennymoor Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7GL
Received 24 Sept 2020Scrap Yard Town Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HQ
Received 25 Sept 20209 Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EE
Received 25 Sept 202059 Hawkshead Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6NZ
Received 25 Sept 2020Knowles Farm Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BJ
Received 25 Sept 202048 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 25 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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