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.
8,131 approved · 792 refused · 423 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Corn Mill Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QG
Received 7 Jun 2022Alliance Retail Park Water Street Chorley
Received 7 Jun 202220 Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EN
Received 7 Jun 2022Black Brook House Hoggs Lane Chorley PR7 4AW
Received 7 Jun 2022Primrose Hill Primary School Primrose Hill Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6BA
Received 8 Jun 2022Group 1 Euxton Lane Euxton
Received 8 Jun 202245 Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JU
Received 8 Jun 202219 Tennyson Avenue Chorley PR7 3HX
Received 8 Jun 2022Yarrow Bridge Garage Bolton Road Chorley PR7 4AB
Received 8 Jun 2022Oliver House School Oliver House Hallgate Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XA
Received 9 Jun 2022Bramblewood Wigan Lane Heath Charnock PR7 4DD
Received 9 Jun 2022Pearson House Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY
Received 9 Jun 202214 Shevington Causeway Croston Leyland PR26 9JN
Received 9 Jun 2022Opp 7 Willow Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JQ
Received 9 Jun 2022Hey House Barn Drinkhouse Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JE
Received 10 Jun 2022312 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NT
Received 10 Jun 202256 Lancaster Street Coppull Chorley PR7 4QB
Received 10 Jun 202240 Saville Street Chorley PR7 3JB
Received 10 Jun 202267 Bankside Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PZ
Received 11 Jun 2022138 Blackburn Road Heapey Chorley PR6 8LN
Received 13 Jun 2022Brookfield 10 Highgrove Avenue Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LW
Received 13 Jun 2022Astley Hall Astley Park Park Road Chorley PR7 1NP
Received 13 Jun 2022Pearson House Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY
Received 14 Jun 20225 Badgers Walk Euxton Chorley PR7 6FH
Received 14 Jun 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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