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.
6,594 approved · 646 refused · 335 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
J.V & S.A. Rowland Tootles Farm Bentley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SW
Received 28 Sept 2020Land SW Of Glendale Tincklers Lane Eccleston
Received 28 Sept 202030 Springfield Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5EJ
Received 29 Sept 202011A Dale View Chorley PR7 3QJ
Received 29 Sept 202019 Highfield Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HH
Received 29 Sept 2020Strathknoll Station Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0DD
Received 29 Sept 20203 Stable Mews Millwood Close Withnell Chorley PR6 8AR
Received 29 Sept 2020Ruttle Plant Hire Lancaster House Ackhurst Road Chorley PR7 1NH
Received 29 Sept 2020The Lodge The Drive Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8ED
Received 29 Sept 202040 Duxbury Gardens Chorley PR7 3JZ
Received 29 Sept 2020Heathfield Ollerton Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BW
Received 29 Sept 202026 Fellstone Vale Withnell Chorley PR6 8UE
Received 30 Sept 2020Tannersmith Cottage Tannersmith Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RA
Received 30 Sept 202014 Gerrards Fold Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DL
Received 30 Sept 2020Dhoon Gib Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RS
Received 30 Sept 2020The Barn Lodge Bank Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QU
Received 1 Oct 202031 Hunts Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TT
Received 1 Oct 2020Hole House Farm Chorley Road Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9LD
Received 1 Oct 2020Claire's Accessories 1 - 3 Cleveland Street Chorley PR7 1BH
Received 1 Oct 2020Wrennalls House Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RE
Received 1 Oct 2020Jim Fowler Memorial Playing Fields Runshaw Hall Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HQ
Received 1 Oct 202036 Forsythia Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DF
Received 1 Oct 2020Haslem Printers Ltd Standish Street Chorley PR7 3AJ
Received 1 Oct 2020Inglenook Pompian Brow Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AQ
Received 1 Oct 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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