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.
7,317 approved · 709 refused · 383 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 120M South West Of 21 Lower Burgh Way Lower Burgh Way Chorley
Received 13 Jan 20221 Queens Road Chorley PR7 1JU
Received 13 Jan 2022Hieland Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EN
Received 13 Jan 2022Hawthorn House Wrennalls Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PN
Received 14 Jan 202271 Station Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RL
Received 14 Jan 202275 Countess Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6PT
Received 15 Jan 2022Ellisland Station Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0DD
Received 15 Jan 202281 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NP
Received 15 Jan 202225 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 16 Jan 2022Topps Tiles Portland Street Chorley PR7 1AQ
Received 17 Jan 202215 Lees Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9PP
Received 17 Jan 202210 Epping Place Chorley PR6 0AZ
Received 18 Jan 2022231 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NS
Received 18 Jan 20223 St Helens Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NQ
Received 18 Jan 2022All Seasons Leisure Centre Water Street Chorley PR7 1EX
Received 18 Jan 2022Land Adjacent To Cuerden Valley Park Trust Visitor Centre Visitor Centre Berkeley Drive Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6BY
Received 18 Jan 2022Whitegates 75 Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 18 Jan 202221 Mimosa Close Euxton Chorley PR7 1BT
Received 18 Jan 202222 St Georges Street Chorley
Received 18 Jan 202222 St Georges Street Chorley
Received 18 Jan 2022Hawthorn House Wrennalls Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PN
Received 18 Jan 20227 Windflower Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5RG
Received 18 Jan 2022Pear Tree Farm Pear Tree Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DU
Received 18 Jan 2022The Cedars 5 Lower Hill Drive Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JP
Received 18 Jan 2022Records 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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