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.
6,606 approved · 646 refused · 336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 The Ridings Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QH
Received 1 Oct 20209 Hampshire Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7DF
Received 1 Oct 2020241 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0AG
Received 1 Oct 2020224 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5EB
Received 2 Oct 2020Heatons Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HL
Received 2 Oct 202011 The Croft Euxton Chorley PR7 6LH
Received 2 Oct 2020Wise Marys Farm 263 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JD
Received 2 Oct 20203 Granville Street Adlington Chorley PR6 9PY
Received 2 Oct 2020287 Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 2 Oct 20202 Pall Mall Cottages Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RY
Received 2 Oct 202042 Duxbury Gardens Chorley PR7 3JZ
Received 5 Oct 2020Land South Of Mercer Court And East Of Westhoughton Road Adlington
Received 5 Oct 202014 Leyland Drive Chorley PR7 3BQ
Received 5 Oct 2020Withington Barn Farm Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 5 Oct 2020The Coach House Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NJ
Received 6 Oct 2020Garrig 1 Coronation Villas Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 6 Oct 20207 Linden Grove Chorley PR6 7BN
Received 6 Oct 202045 Austin Drive Chorley PR7 3DF
Received 6 Oct 202047 Austin Drive Chorley PR7 3DF
Received 6 Oct 202049 Austin Drive Chorley PR7 3DF
Received 6 Oct 2020Fairview Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EX
Received 7 Oct 2020The Cottage Brinscall Mill Road Wheelton Chorley PR6 8TD
Received 7 Oct 2020The Cottage Brinscall Mill Road Wheelton Chorley PR6 8TD
Received 7 Oct 2020Land At Barnes Wallis Way Barnes Wallis Way Buckshaw Village
Received 7 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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