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.
6,883 approved · 671 refused · 356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Watkin Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PU
Received 12 Mar 20218 Austin Drive Chorley PR7 3DF
Received 12 Mar 20218 The Croft Eccleston Chorley PR7 5UE
Received 13 Mar 202115 Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RF
Received 13 Mar 2021Springfield View Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RF
Received 13 Mar 202112 Cross Keys Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TF
Received 14 Mar 202144 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 15 Mar 202148 Glenmore Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TB
Received 15 Mar 2021138 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HE
Received 15 Mar 2021Leigh Farm Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NY
Received 15 Mar 2021Bannister Green Farm Bannister Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PQ
Received 15 Mar 2021Heskin Hall Shopping Village Wood Lane Heskin
Received 15 Mar 2021Orchard House Tincklers Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QU
Received 15 Mar 202114 Alexander Close Chorley PR7 3FU
Received 15 Mar 20219 Lancers Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7DJ
Received 15 Mar 20211 Springfield Mews Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9DT
Received 15 Mar 2021Astley Hall Astley Park Park Road Chorley PR7 1NP
Received 15 Mar 2021Golden Acres Ltd Plocks Farm Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 15 Mar 2021Anderview Farm Hill House Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NR
Received 16 Mar 202123 Cherry Tree Close Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5FJ
Received 16 Mar 2021Middle Derbyshire Farm Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RX
Received 16 Mar 2021Higher Healey House Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BT
Received 16 Mar 202159 Derek Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7LY
Received 16 Mar 2021New Building Black Moor Lane Mawdesley
Received 17 Mar 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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