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.
6,746 approved · 656 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Dale Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6PF
Received 8 Dec 202026 Fellstone Vale Withnell Chorley PR6 8UE
Received 8 Dec 202025 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 8 Dec 2020Willow Springs 41 Southport Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 6ET
Received 8 Dec 202037 Triumph Avenue Chorley PR7 3DW
Received 8 Dec 2020Wrennalls House Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RE
Received 8 Dec 2020Brandwood House Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8JB
Received 8 Dec 2020Rivington View Nurseries Coppull Hall Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4LR
Received 8 Dec 202034 Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HQ
Received 7 Dec 2020White Coppice Cricket Club White Coppice Heapey Chorley PR6 9DE
Received 9 Dec 2020The Old Mill House 99 Pall Mall Chorley PR7 3LT
Received 9 Dec 2020Land At Tincklers Lane Tincklers Lane Eccleston
Received 9 Dec 202053 Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HN
Received 9 Dec 2020Fern Cottage North Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AY
Received 9 Dec 20206 Railway View Croston Leyland PR26 9RY
Received 9 Dec 2020Sumners Barn Moss Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JS
Received 10 Dec 20203 Hollins Close Hoghton Preston PR5 0RG
Received 10 Dec 2020Whins Green Kitchen Whins Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HN
Received 10 Dec 2020Hall Green Barn Tannersmith Lane Mawdesley Chorley PR7 5PS
Received 10 Dec 2020Ladywell Gowans Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NU
Received 11 Dec 2020Adlington Hall Lodge The Common Adlington Chorley PR7 4DT
Received 11 Dec 2020Euxton Mill Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 11 Dec 202031A Church Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 3RB
Received 11 Dec 202016 Haworth Road Chorley PR6 9FG
Received 11 Dec 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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