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.
7,255 approved · 699 refused · 374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Chorley Road Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JS
Received 11 Oct 2021312 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NT
Received 11 Oct 20219 The Common Adlington Chorley PR7 4DN
Received 11 Oct 202127 Winchester Avenue Chorley PR7 4AQ
Received 11 Oct 2021Aingarth 7A Out Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HJ
Received 11 Oct 2021Fresh And Fruity 2 Cleveland Street Chorley PR7 1BH
Received 11 Oct 2021179 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PR
Received 12 Oct 2021Ashmere The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 12 Oct 20218 Lords Wood Close Chorley PR7 2FH
Received 12 Oct 202117 Muirfield Close Euxton Chorley PR7 6FX
Received 12 Oct 2021Bradleys Farm Sheep House Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SD
Received 12 Oct 202137 Austin Drive Chorley PR7 3DF
Received 13 Oct 2021High Cop Farm Denham Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8PB
Received 13 Oct 2021Land To The South Of Brokenstone Road And West Of Stockclough Lane
Received 14 Oct 202114 Balmoral Road Eccleston PR7 5ST
Received 14 Oct 2021Garwood Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 14 Oct 202115 Lea Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PF
Received 14 Oct 20219 Springfield Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5EJ
Received 14 Oct 202197 The Asshawes Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JN
Received 14 Oct 20212 Fairfield Villas Wigan Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DA
Received 13 Oct 2021Moorcroft House Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 13 Oct 2021Waterloo Lodge 171 - 173 Preston Road Chorley PR6 7AX
Received 15 Oct 20213 Southall Grove Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7FQ
Received 15 Oct 20211 Plymouth Grove Chorley PR6 0SY
Received 15 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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