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.
8,111 approved · 789 refused · 422 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 10 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nursery House Farm Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SL
Received 23 May 2022Land Between Pear Tree Lane And School Lane Pear Tree Lane Euxton
Received 23 May 202253A Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 23 May 2022Land 10M North Of 46 Church Street Adlington
Received 23 May 2022162 Bolton Street Chorley PR7 3DX
Received 23 May 2022Land Adjacent Dolphin Rise Millstone Close Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 23 May 2022Bretherton Congregational Church South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 23 May 2022Market Street Streetworks Market Street Chorley
Received 23 May 2022First Organisation Water Sports Centre The Anderton Centre New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 23 May 2022Land Bounded By Parkhurst Avenue East Of Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 24 May 202234 Spring Meadow Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5UR
Received 24 May 2022Cartreff Wigan Lane Chorley PR7 4BY
Received 24 May 20225 Nursery Close Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5UA
Received 24 May 202214 Cherry Tree Close Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5FJ
Received 24 May 2022Junior Lodge Withnell Fold Withnell
Received 24 May 2022Fisher House Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SL
Received 24 May 20224 Bournesfield Brindle Preston PR5 0EH
Received 24 May 20227 Badgers Walk Euxton Chorley PR7 6FH
Received 24 May 2022Land North Of The Railway Public House Wigan Road Euxton
Received 24 May 2022Green Bank House Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SB
Received 24 May 2022Favourites 66 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RB
Received 25 May 2022Five Acres Plant Centre Five Acres Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EE
Received 25 May 202211 Maltby Square Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7GN
Received 25 May 2022Land Adjacent Moss Lane Croston
Received 25 May 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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