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.
6,823 approved · 667 refused · 353 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 3 Feb 2021Jepsons Shippon Moor Road Anglezarke Chorley PR6 9DQ
Received 3 Feb 2021Lowes Tenement Farm Burgh Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 3PY
Received 3 Feb 2021142 Heapey Road Chorley PR6 9BJ
Received 4 Feb 2021142 Heapey Road Chorley PR6 9BJ
Received 4 Feb 2021Market Ground Market Place Chorley
Received 4 Feb 2021Market Ground Market Place Chorley
Received 4 Feb 20218 Cow Well Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HS
Received 4 Feb 2021Montbretia Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RE
Received 4 Feb 202147 Judeland Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XJ
Received 4 Feb 2021Land At Rear Of 40 Park Road Chorley
Received 5 Feb 2021Escape Entertainment Unit 7, Market Walk Extension Union Street Chorley PR7 1FD
Received 5 Feb 2021Telent Technology Services Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JP
Received 6 Feb 2021133 South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 6 Feb 2021Golden Acres Ltd Plocks Farm Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 6 Feb 202130 Fairview Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9SB
Received 6 Feb 2021128 Blackburn Road Chorley PR6 8TJ
Received 6 Feb 2021West Pennine Insurance Group 58 Pall Mall Chorley PR7 2LE
Received 7 Feb 2021Land To The Rear Of Brookfield Alker Lane Euxton
Received 8 Feb 202137 Duxbury Gardens Chorley PR7 3JZ
Received 8 Feb 2021Unit 1 Calder House Highfield Road North Chorley PR7 1PH
Received 8 Feb 2021Unit 1 Calder House Highfield Road North Chorley PR7 1PH
Received 8 Feb 2021Double R Catering Supplies 289 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NT
Received 9 Feb 2021Trades 4 Jobs 9 Market Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4HE
Received 9 Feb 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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