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.
6,809 approved · 663 refused · 352 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Floradene Grimeford Lane Anderton Chorley PR6 9HL
Received 19 Jan 2021The Leawell Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RE
Received 22 Jan 202111 Bolton Road Grimeford Village Anderton Chorley PR6 9HH
Received 22 Jan 2021Gortons Barn Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8SL
Received 22 Jan 20212 Heath Paddock Hut Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9FP
Received 22 Jan 202135 Lewis Close Adlington Chorley PR7 4JU
Received 22 Jan 20218 Park Road Chorley PR7 1QN
Received 22 Jan 2021Land North Of Lancaster Lane And Bounded By Wigan Road And Shady Lane Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 22 Jan 2021The Little Barn South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 23 Jan 20212 Grove Farm Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9QS
Received 23 Jan 2021204 Babylon Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9ES
Received 24 Jan 2021Child Care Practice Team Calder House Highfield Road North Chorley PR7 1PH
Received 21 Jan 2021St James Parish Church Water Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8NH
Received 22 Jan 2021The Royal Bank Of Scotland 22 Market Place Adlington Chorley PR7 4EZ
Received 25 Jan 20216 Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PZ
Received 25 Jan 2021Tesco Ordnance Road Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7EL
Received 26 Jan 202117 Barnside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AJ
Received 26 Jan 202159 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SP
Received 26 Jan 2021166 Chorley Old Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NA
Received 26 Jan 2021Wheelton House Farm Brinscall Mill Road Wheelton Chorley PR6 8TD
Received 26 Jan 2021Crostons Farm Lucas Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7DA
Received 27 Jan 2021Melrose Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 27 Jan 202124 Harvest Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QL
Received 27 Jan 202115 Atherton Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4HW
Received 27 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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