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.
7,267 approved · 704 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Rothwell Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9LZ
Received 29 Oct 20215 Hampson Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TH
Received 30 Oct 20212 Juniper Croft Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7UF
Received 31 Oct 20217 The Copse Chorley PR7 3PS
Received 1 Nov 2021Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 1 Nov 20214 Harrock View Barmskin Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5PZ
Received 1 Nov 20215 Blossom Grove Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HB
Received 1 Nov 2021Camelot Theme Park Park Hall Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LP
Received 2 Nov 2021Whins Green Kitchen Whins Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HN
Received 2 Nov 2021Chorley Nissan Showroom And Workshop Foxhole Road Chorley PR7 1NF
Received 2 Nov 20215 The Chestnuts Coppull Chorley PR7 4PT
Received 2 Nov 2021Fell View Southport Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 6ET
Received 3 Nov 2021The Mill House Millwood Close Withnell Chorley PR6 8AR
Received 3 Nov 2021Sheringham Quaker Brook Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JA
Received 3 Nov 2021Pippin Street Cottage Pippin Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8ND
Received 3 Nov 202123 Park Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5AH
Received 3 Nov 202110 Cherry Tree Grove Chorley PR6 7BL
Received 4 Nov 2021Land North Of 21 Woodfield Bamber Bridge
Received 4 Nov 2021Land North Of 73 Daisy Meadow Bamber Bridge
Received 4 Nov 2021Land North West Of 65 Homestead Bamber Bridge
Received 4 Nov 2021Land South West Of 7 Three Nooks Bamber Bridge
Received 4 Nov 20216 Bank Street Chorley PR7 2BX
Received 4 Nov 2021274 Babylon Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9ER
Received 4 Nov 2021Berkeley Farm Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AU
Received 4 Nov 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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