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.
7,412 approved · 717 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The North Of Pike View Farm New Road Anderton
Received 16 Apr 2022Cross Keys Barn Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NJ
Received 16 Apr 20224 Larch Drive Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QN
Received 18 Apr 2022Pavilion House 168 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DJ
Received 18 Apr 2022Communications Mast Holt Lane Brindle
Received 11 Apr 2022130 School Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8JP
Received 19 Apr 202218 Castle Drive Adlington Chorley PR7 4EA
Received 20 Apr 2022Red House Farm Red House Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RH
Received 20 Apr 20223 Queens Road Chorley PR7 1JU
Received 20 Apr 202217 Pear Tree Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4NL
Received 20 Apr 202245 Church Walk Euxton Chorley PR7 6HL
Received 20 Apr 20221 Dahlia Close Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TF
Received 21 Apr 202226 Hornchurch Drive Chorley PR7 2RJ
Received 21 Apr 2022King Georges Field Chorley Road Adlington
Received 21 Apr 2022Wayside Quaker Brook Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JA
Received 21 Apr 2022Brindle St Josephs Roman Catholic Church Chapel Fold Private Road Brindle Preston PR5 0DE
Received 21 Apr 202267 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PG
Received 21 Apr 2022Barracks Farm 1 Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY
Received 21 Apr 2022Lydiate Farm 12 Lydiate Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6LY
Received 22 Apr 202254 Larkfield Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RN
Received 24 Apr 2022Fig Tree House Barn Tanhouse Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8FD
Received 23 Apr 20228 The Crescent Chorley PR7 1PX
Received 25 Apr 20226 The Croft Euxton Chorley PR7 6LH
Received 25 Apr 202202 Telecommunication Mast No 33243 Marconi Interactive Systems Carr Lane Chorley
Received 25 Apr 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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