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.
6,803 approved · 662 refused · 351 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Fieldside Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6JF
Received 16 Jan 20214 The Poplars Adlington Chorley PR7 4HL
Received 16 Jan 202122 Ollerton Street Adlington Chorley PR6 9LF
Received 16 Jan 202127 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PE
Received 17 Jan 2021Isle Of Man Lodge Meadow Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JP
Received 18 Jan 2021Land To The South West Of Ricmarlo Preston Nook Eccleston
Received 18 Jan 202111 Ollerton Street Adlington Chorley PR6 9LF
Received 18 Jan 20218 Redhill Grove Chorley PR6 8TU
Received 18 Jan 2021103A Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 18 Jan 2021Land Adjacent To 127 Bredon Avenue Euxton
Received 19 Jan 2021White Croft Quaker Brook Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JA
Received 19 Jan 202113 Brock Road Chorley PR6 0DB
Received 19 Jan 2021Sierra Villa Langton Brow Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PB
Received 19 Jan 2021106 Clover Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RY
Received 19 Jan 2021Harrison Farm Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 20 Jan 2021Higher White Coppice Farm Coppice Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9DD
Received 20 Jan 2021High Heys Farm Langton Brow Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PB
Received 20 Jan 20215 Stocks Close Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8FA
Received 20 Jan 20214 The Walled Garden Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PD
Received 20 Jan 2021Woodlands Bentley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SN
Received 21 Jan 2021The Oaks Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8AU
Received 21 Jan 2021Stagecoach North West Ribble Motor Services Bus Depot Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0PU
Received 22 Jan 202151 Ashfield Road Chorley PR7 1LP
Received 20 Jan 202135 Castle House Lane Adlington Chorley PR7 4DL
Received 19 Jan 2021Records 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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