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.
7,071 approved · 685 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Victoria Place Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LU
Received 16 Jun 202114 Welch Walk Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7HQ
Received 17 Jun 2021Pavilion House 168 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DJ
Received 17 Jun 2021The Willows Farm Barn Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QQ
Received 17 Jun 202114 Aldcliffe Court Adlington Chorley PR6 9FW
Received 17 Jun 20215 Ash Meadow Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8JU
Received 17 Jun 2021Cheeky Monkeys Factory Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7YA
Received 17 Jun 20219 Bracken Close Chorley PR6 0EJ
Received 17 Jun 20212 Fairfield Villas Wigan Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DA
Received 17 Jun 2021The Willows Farm Barn Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QQ
Received 17 Jun 20219 Grundys Lane Chorley PR7 4BZ
Received 18 Jun 2021Birkacre Nurseries Ltd Birkacre Road Chorley PR7 3QL
Received 18 Jun 2021The Coach House Slacks Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EL
Received 18 Jun 20211 Briery Hey Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 8HU
Received 20 Jun 2021Duxbury Park Duxbury Hall Road Chorley
Received 21 Jun 2021Rustic Oak Farm Moss Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AA
Received 22 Jun 2021Heathfield Ollerton Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BW
Received 22 Jun 2021196 Chorley Old Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NA
Received 23 Jun 20214 Chelmsford Grove Chorley PR7 2PQ
Received 23 Jun 2021Land To The Rear Of Brookfield Alker Lane Euxton
Received 23 Jun 2021St Catherines Hospice Book Shop 54 Chapel Street Chorley PR7 1BS
Received 23 Jun 20213 Cyclamen Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5LW
Received 24 Jun 202122 Smithy Close Brindle Chorley PR6 8NW
Received 24 Jun 20214 Harrock View Barmskin Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5PZ
Received 24 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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