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.
7,378 approved · 712 refused · 388 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heatherdale Quaker Brook Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JA
Received 8 Mar 2022East Barn Heights Farm Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8SJ
Received 8 Mar 2022Greenfield Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EQ
Received 8 Mar 202258 New Street Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TW
Received 9 Mar 2022Alfreds Court Market Street Chorley
Received 9 Mar 202288 Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JG
Received 9 Mar 202234 The Asshawes Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JW
Received 9 Mar 2022Close Gate Farm Cattery Close Gate Farm Buckholes Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JL
Received 10 Mar 2022Land To The North East Of Raveloe Beech Avenue Anderton
Received 10 Mar 2022Little Bluestone Cottage Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 10 Mar 2022Currys Unit A Alliance Retail Park Water Street Chorley PR7 1EX
Received 7 Mar 2022Trinity C Of E Methodist Primary School Brookwood Way Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7JS
Received 10 Mar 2022179 Pilling Lane Chorley PR7 3EF
Received 10 Mar 202210-12 Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4NZ
Received 11 Mar 20226 Horrokey Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7GR
Received 11 Mar 202247 Weldbank Lane Chorley PR7 3NQ
Received 11 Mar 2022Green Bank House Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SB
Received 12 Mar 2022115 Station Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RP
Received 12 Mar 202215 Ingle Close Chorley PR6 0JT
Received 13 Mar 2022100 Station Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RP
Received 14 Mar 2022D Martindale Ltd Crosse Hall Street Chorley PR6 0QQ
Received 11 Mar 2022Straits Farm The Straits Hoghton Preston PR5 0DA
Received 14 Mar 20229 Kingfisher Close Chorley PR7 2RB
Received 14 Mar 2022Pippin Fold Pippin Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8ND
Received 14 Mar 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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