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.
7,251 approved · 696 refused · 374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 And Buildings Euxton Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 1PQ
Received 30 Sept 2021Slate Farm Rufford Road Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SA
Received 1 Oct 202132 Longworth Street Chorley PR7 2HT
Received 4 Oct 2021122 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DF
Received 4 Oct 202137 Austin Drive Chorley PR7 3DF
Received 4 Oct 2021Gjuro's Coffee Stop 2 Market Place Chorley PR7 1DA
Received 4 Oct 2021The Laurels 14 Church Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 3RB
Received 4 Oct 20218 Poole Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7FP
Received 4 Oct 2021Langdale 109A Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PJ
Received 4 Oct 20213, 4 & 5 Railway View Croston Leyland PR26 9RY
Received 5 Oct 2021Haworth Court Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 5 Oct 202111 Coppice Close Chorley PR6 0ES
Received 5 Oct 202112 Lea Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PF
Received 6 Oct 202194 Watkin Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PX
Received 6 Oct 2021Top O'th Hill Farm Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 6 Oct 202111 The Cherries Euxton Chorley PR7 6NG
Received 7 Oct 2021Top O'th Hill Farm Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 7 Oct 2021Pippin Fold Pippin Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8ND
Received 3 Oct 202129 The Asshawes Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JN
Received 8 Oct 20211 Fern Meadow Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RN
Received 8 Oct 2021The Shuttle Shop Viaduct Road Hoghton
Received 8 Oct 20211 Osprey Close Heapey Chorley PR6 9BN
Received 8 Oct 2021Ash Lea Farm Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 5 Oct 2021Top O'th Hill Farm Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 7 Oct 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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