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.
6,920 approved · 672 refused · 358 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Judeland Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XJ
Received 7 Apr 2021375 Langton Brow Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PB
Received 7 Apr 20212 Bamfords Fold Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AL
Received 7 Apr 2021177 Chorley Old Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NB
Received 8 Apr 2021The Coach House New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 8 Apr 202111 Goose Green Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4QD
Received 8 Apr 202163 The Asshawes Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JN
Received 8 Apr 20211G Clydesdale Drive Chorley PR7 3DN
Received 8 Apr 2021Orchard House Tincklers Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QU
Received 8 Apr 2021Nigel Round Entertainments 119 Railway Road Adlington Chorley PR6 9QX
Received 9 Apr 2021Botany Bay Canal Mill Botany Bay Chorley PR6 9AF
Received 9 Apr 202174 Carleton Road Chorley PR6 8UB
Received 9 Apr 202153 Capesthorne Drive Chorley PR7 3QQ
Received 9 Apr 20214 Tempest Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7LF
Received 9 Apr 202127 Back Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QE
Received 10 Apr 202136 Parker Street Chorley PR7 1ES
Received 10 Apr 202181 Harpers Lane Chorley PR6 0HR
Received 10 Apr 202151 Rowan Croft Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7UU
Received 11 Apr 20215 Queens Road Chorley
Received 11 Apr 202143 Brown Street Chorley PR6 0BA
Received 12 Apr 20211 South Avenue Chorley PR7 3AT
Received 12 Apr 2021Paddock View 55 Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 12 Apr 2021Kylnclough Lodge Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BG
Received 13 Apr 2021Ollerton Terrace Chorley Road Withnell
Received 13 Apr 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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