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.
6,936 approved · 674 refused · 358 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plough Inn Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HB
Received 23 Apr 202135 Deerfold Astley Village Chorley PR7 1UD
Received 23 Apr 20218 Woodside Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QF
Received 23 Apr 2021Poppies Villa 5 Clay Hollow Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2AB
Received 26 Apr 202118 Sagar Street Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TA
Received 27 Apr 202149 Judeland Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XJ
Received 27 Apr 2021Euxton Mills Hotel Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JD
Received 27 Apr 2021Euxton Mills Hotel Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JD
Received 27 Apr 2021Liptrot Farm Gilbertson Road Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DJ
Received 27 Apr 202127 Park Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6JQ
Received 27 Apr 202168 Highfield Road South Chorley PR7 1RH
Received 27 Apr 2021Iredale 37 Chester Avenue Chorley PR7 4AG
Received 27 Apr 202124 Meadowcroft Euxton Chorley PR7 6BU
Received 27 Apr 2021Fig Tree House Barn Tanhouse Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8FD
Received 27 Apr 2021Arqiva SITE NO 10389 Transmitting Station Bury Lane Withnell PR6 8SD
Received 28 Apr 2021Construction Of A Rock-Ramp Fish Pass Huyton Road Adlington
Received 28 Apr 2021Hoole Cottage Wigan Lane Chorley PR7 4BY
Received 28 Apr 2021Hinds Head Hotel Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5HL
Received 28 Apr 202121 Crown Street Chorley PR7 1DX
Received 28 Apr 20219 Sycamore Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6JR
Received 28 Apr 2021Yarrow Cottage Carr Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HA
Received 28 Apr 202126 Hornchurch Drive Chorley PR7 2RJ
Received 28 Apr 2021Wheelton Lodge Farm Harbour Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JS
Received 29 Apr 2021Cuerden Hall Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AZ
Received 29 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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