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.
7,348 approved · 711 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
81 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NP
Received 4 Feb 2022Sarah Lane Bretherton
Received 4 Feb 2022103 Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY
Received 4 Feb 2022Yealand Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EQ
Received 4 Feb 2022Holmeswood Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 4 Feb 20224 Brookside Cottages Coppice Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9DB
Received 7 Feb 202217 Meadowlands Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5QH
Received 7 Feb 20221 Folly Wood Drive Chorley PR7 2FW
Received 7 Feb 20225 The Hamlet Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4EG
Received 7 Feb 2022Outside 12 Tintern Avenue Chorley PR7 3HB
Received 8 Feb 202246 Mavis Drive Coppull Chorley PR7 5AF
Received 8 Feb 202210 Limes Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6BJ
Received 8 Feb 20227 Westland Place Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7LD
Received 8 Feb 2022Opposite 48 Harpers Lane Chorley
Received 8 Feb 2022Holmeswood Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 4 Feb 2022The Bungalow Pear Tree Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DG
Received 8 Feb 2022Pike View Farm New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 9 Feb 2022176 Blackburn Road Chorley PR6 8TP
Received 9 Feb 2022183 Blackburn Road Heapey Chorley PR6 8EP
Received 9 Feb 2022192 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0AU
Received 9 Feb 202268 Railway Road Chorley PR6 0HW
Received 10 Feb 2022Scale Hill Farm Windmill Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NX
Received 10 Feb 20221 St Helens Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NQ
Received 9 Feb 2022Telecommunications Mast Site No15019 Grove Farm Railway Road Adlington
Received 11 Feb 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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