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.
6,960 approved · 677 refused · 360 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tullis Farm Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NQ
Received 15 May 2021The Hillocks Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RJ
Received 15 May 20214 The Meadows Heskin Chorley PR7 5NR
Received 17 May 2021Pippin Fold Pippin Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8ND
Received 15 May 202150 Cross Keys Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TF
Received 17 May 2021Rigby's Garage Bluestone Garage Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 17 May 2021Norab Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7EH
Received 18 May 202140 Grove Crescent Adlington Chorley PR6 9RJ
Received 18 May 2021Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 18 May 2021506 Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JB
Received 18 May 20213 Tormore Close Heapey Chorley PR6 9BP
Received 18 May 2021Boundary Farm Wood Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RL
Received 18 May 202118 Cam Wood Fold Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7SD
Received 18 May 2021Withington Barn Farm Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 19 May 202140 Dorset Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7DN
Received 19 May 20212 Bridgewater Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7EU
Received 19 May 202114 Birkacre Brow Coppull Chorley PR7 4PA
Received 19 May 2021Four Leaves Clover Road Chorley PR7 2NL
Received 19 May 2021Anderton Hall Lodge New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 19 May 2021Opp 114 Hunters Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TT
Received 20 May 202151 Harrock Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TX
Received 20 May 2021Land Between Pear Tree Lane And School Lane Pear Tree Lane Euxton
Received 20 May 20214 Princess Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6PJ
Received 20 May 202127 New Street Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TW
Received 20 May 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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