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.
8,164 approved · 794 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NP
Received 4 Jul 20222 Springs Terrace Dark Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AF
Received 5 Jul 2022Barretts Farm Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX
Received 6 Jul 2022Moorcroft House Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 6 Jul 20227 Meadowcroft Euxton Chorley PR7 6BU
Received 6 Jul 202236 The Cherries Euxton Chorley PR7 6NG
Received 6 Jul 2022Land At Tincklers Lane Tincklers Lane Eccleston
Received 7 Jul 2022Withington Barn Farm Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 7 Jul 2022133 Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AG
Received 7 Jul 2022Laneside Farm Brown House Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HR
Received 7 Jul 2022Orange PSC Telecommunication Mast Site LA0246 Greenbank Farm Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 7 Jul 202238 Yarrow Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SJ
Received 8 Jul 2022Guest House Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HD
Received 9 Jul 20221 Bell Villas Gib Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RT
Received 11 Jul 2022Leyland Leisure Sales Trailer Centre 314 - 316 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HZ
Received 11 Jul 2022Southlands Out Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HJ
Received 11 Jul 2022Woodview Cottage 3 Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DZ
Received 11 Jul 2022Prospect House Washington Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DQ
Received 11 Jul 20222 Brinscall Hall Cottages Dick Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QL
Received 11 Jul 2022The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 11 Jul 202229 Carnoustie Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6FR
Received 12 Jul 202283 Hurst Brook Coppull Chorley PR7 4QY
Received 12 Jul 2022Land Opposite Hampton Grove Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 13 Jul 202274 Doctors Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QZ
Received 13 Jul 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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