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.
8,136 approved · 792 refused · 423 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vodafone Telecommunication Mast Site 55798 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 14 Jun 2022Glendale Managed Services Parkwood House Berkeley Drive Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6BY
Received 14 Jun 202238 Merefield Astley Village Chorley PR7 1UR
Received 14 Jun 2022Runshaw Lodge 90M East Of The Cattle Shed Runshaw Hall Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton
Received 14 Jun 202227 Dunnock Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6QX
Received 14 Jun 20226 Coppull Road Chorley PR7 3QW
Received 14 Jun 2022Nook Farm Black Moor Road Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QD
Received 14 Jun 2022121 Fairview Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9ST
Received 14 Jun 202212 Queens Grove Chorley PR7 1JX
Received 15 Jun 202225 Heathfield Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9LA
Received 15 Jun 20225 Queens Road Chorley
Received 15 Jun 202294 Blackburn Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8LG
Received 15 Jun 2022The Preston Temple Temple Way Chorley PR6 7EQ
Received 15 Jun 2022Astley Hall Astley Park Park Road Chorley PR7 1NP
Received 15 Jun 2022Rawlinson House 3 Mercer Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4EE
Received 16 Jun 2022Woodend Farm Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RL
Received 16 Jun 20224 Montrose Close Chorley PR6 0NW
Received 16 Jun 2022Heathfield Ollerton Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BW
Received 16 Jun 2022Lydiate Farm 12 Lydiate Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6LY
Received 16 Jun 2022209 Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AG
Received 16 Jun 2022Hallsworth Fold Farm Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EG
Received 17 Jun 2022Mayfield School Gloucester Road Chorley PR7 3HN
Received 17 Jun 2022Ollerton Farm Ollerton Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BW
Received 17 Jun 2022Woodside 1 Back Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QE
Received 17 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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