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.
6,652 approved · 646 refused · 338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Head O'th Marsh Farm Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PQ
Received 19 Oct 20205 Yarrow Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SJ
Received 19 Oct 2020Haslem Printers Ltd Standish Street Chorley PR7 3AJ
Received 20 Oct 2020Circumstance House Pompian Brow Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AQ
Received 20 Oct 2020Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 20 Oct 2020Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 20 Oct 202020 Viaduct Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SE
Received 21 Oct 2020Land 17M West Of 4 Halls Square Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 21 Oct 2020Lynton 10 Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8AU
Received 21 Oct 202029 Paradise Street Chorley PR6 9BH
Received 21 Oct 2020Asda Distribution Centre Statham Road Skelmersdale WN8 8DY
Received 22 Oct 202033 Greenside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AS
Received 22 Oct 2020Ythan Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EQ
Received 22 Oct 2020309 Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HL
Received 22 Oct 2020Land Adjacent 154 Eaves Lane Chorley
Received 23 Oct 2020Elsinor 24 Drinkhouse Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JH
Received 23 Oct 2020166 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5ED
Received 23 Oct 202012 Cameron Croft Chorley PR6 0RH
Received 23 Oct 2020Haslem Printers Ltd Standish Street Chorley PR7 3AJ
Received 23 Oct 20202 Ash Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QP
Received 23 Oct 202089 Fairview Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9ST
Received 23 Oct 20204 Woodcock Fold Eccleston Chorley PR7 5UL
Received 23 Oct 2020Lower Copthurst Farm Copthurst Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8LT
Received 23 Oct 2020Cardwell House Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DF
Received 26 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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