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.
8,144 approved · 793 refused · 424 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Cherryfields Euxton Chorley PR7 6JS
Received 17 Jun 2022Cuerden Farm Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SB
Received 19 Jun 202223 Shelley Close Coppull Chorley PR7 5BL
Received 20 Jun 2022105 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0ST
Received 20 Jun 2022Siddow Fold Farm Moor Road Anglezarke
Received 20 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To Londonderry Cottage Wigan Lane Heath Charnock
Received 20 Jun 2022Knotts Farm Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EN
Received 20 Jun 2022Land At Tincklers Lane Tincklers Lane Eccleston
Received 20 Jun 2022Ellisland Station Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0DD
Received 21 Jun 2022The Homestead Lower Healey Farm Froom Street Chorley PR6 9AR
Received 21 Jun 2022Canterbury Farm Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Received 21 Jun 20228 The Crescent Chorley PR7 1PX
Received 22 Jun 202241 Back Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7QE
Received 23 Jun 202258 Saville Street Chorley PR7 3JB
Received 23 Jun 2022Pear Tree Farm Pear Tree Lane Euxton
Received 23 Jun 202217 Red House Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RH
Received 23 Jun 2022Breworth Fold Farm Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 24 Jun 2022Alliance Retail Park Water Street Chorley
Received 24 Jun 202243 Wigan Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4BN
Received 24 Jun 2022Land North Of The Railway Public House Wigan Road Euxton
Received 24 Jun 202243 Wigan Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4BN
Received 24 Jun 202227 Crawford Avenue Chorley PR7 2QT
Received 24 Jun 202219 Chorley Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 3QS
Received 25 Jun 2022Astley Hall Astley Park Park Road Chorley PR7 1NP
Received 25 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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