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.
7,049 approved · 683 refused · 363 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stalk Farm High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 7 Jun 20215 The Square Waterhouse Green Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7LF
Received 7 Jun 202178 Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JG
Received 8 Jun 2021Trinity And St Michael's C Of E & Methodist Primary School Out Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HJ
Received 8 Jun 2021Sandons House Sandy Lane Adlington Chorley PR7 4JT
Received 8 Jun 202111 Wilderswood Close Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7SH
Received 8 Jun 20217 Irvine Place Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7FL
Received 8 Jun 2021Land Rear Of 51 Bolton Road Chorley
Received 9 Jun 202116 Willow Drive Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NL
Received 9 Jun 20219 Cherry Tree Grove Chorley PR6 7BL
Received 9 Jun 20217 Hill View Drive Coppull Chorley PR7 5DG
Received 9 Jun 2021Minerva Hair Design 310 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TP
Received 9 Jun 202119 Langdale Avenue Croston Leyland PR26 9SE
Received 9 Jun 2021Briarfield Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HW
Received 9 Jun 202119 Sandringham Drive Brinscall Chorley PR6 8SU
Received 9 Jun 2021Bishop Rawstorne C Of E Academy Highfield Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HH
Received 10 Jun 202127 Long Croft Meadow Astley Village Chorley PR7 1TR
Received 10 Jun 202111 Goose Green Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4QD
Received 10 Jun 20212 Oak Drive Chorley PR6 7BY
Received 10 Jun 2021Bungalow Filling Station 117 Moor Road Chorley PR7 2NU
Received 11 Jun 2021Land Opposite 12 Parkhurst Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 11 Jun 2021Ro-Mar Church Fold Coppull Chorley PR7 4LZ
Received 11 Jun 2021Aveyan House Out Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HJ
Received 11 Jun 2021Unit 5-7 Calder Park Preston Road Chorley
Received 12 Jun 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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