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.
6,676 approved · 648 refused · 340 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former BAE Site Group 1 Parcel C1 And C2 Central Avenue Buckshaw Village
Received 26 Oct 2020Euxton Mill Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 26 Oct 20201 Brookfield Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QJ
Received 26 Oct 20206 New Street Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TW
Received 26 Oct 20208 Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 26 Oct 202038 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SN
Received 27 Oct 2020207 Higher Meadow Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5RR
Received 27 Oct 2020Church Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Towngate Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QL
Received 27 Oct 2020Land 60M West Of No. 3 Castle Walks Croston
Received 27 Oct 2020Southlands Out Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HJ
Received 27 Oct 202039 South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AB
Received 26 Oct 2020Spout House Farm Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HS
Received 28 Oct 202014 Birkacre Brow Coppull Chorley PR7 4PA
Received 28 Oct 202082 Hamilton Road Chorley PR7 2TJ
Received 28 Oct 2020Land Between 386 And 392 Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton
Received 28 Oct 202073 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 28 Oct 202073 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 28 Oct 2020The Hayloft Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QY
Received 28 Oct 202002 Site Ref 10203 Telecommunication Mast Site Ref 10203 Runshaw Lane Euxton
Received 29 Oct 2020New Reed House Dark Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QU
Received 29 Oct 2020Noran The Green Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JJ
Received 29 Oct 2020KFC Unit 5 Chorley Retail Park George Street Chorley PR7 2BN
Received 29 Oct 2020KFC Unit 5 Chorley Retail Park George Street Chorley PR7 2BN
Received 29 Oct 202029 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 30 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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