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.
8,189 approved · 796 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The Side Of 55 Market Street Chorley PR7 2SW
Received 27 Jul 2022Land Near To 11 Cleveland Street Chorley PR7 1BH
Received 27 Jul 2022Land To The Side Of 55 Market Street Chorley PR7 2SW
Received 27 Jul 2022Land Near To 11 Cleveland Street, Chorley, PR7 1BH
Received 27 Jul 202249 Red House Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RH
Received 27 Jul 2022The Farmers Arms 85 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NP
Received 27 Jul 2022Golden Acres Ltd Plocks Farm Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 27 Jul 2022Straits Farm The Straits Hoghton Preston PR5 0DA
Received 27 Jul 20223 Tormore Close Heapey Chorley PR6 9BP
Received 27 Jul 2022Adlington St Pauls C Of E Primary School Railway Road Adlington Chorley PR6 9QZ
Received 28 Jul 2022Land 120M South West Of 21 Lower Burgh Way Lower Burgh Way Chorley
Received 28 Jul 2022Lancaster House Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LE
Received 28 Jul 2022Limbrick House Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EE
Received 29 Jul 2022Red House Bridge Adlington
Received 29 Jul 20222 Larch Drive Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QN
Received 29 Jul 2022Amari Haven 113 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PJ
Received 29 Jul 20223 Rock Gardens Hoghton Preston PR5 0DB
Received 29 Jul 2022Greenfield Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EQ
Received 30 Jul 2022Lower House Farm Delph Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5ND
Received 31 Jul 2022Lower House Farm Delph Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5ND
Received 31 Jul 2022The Hillocks Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RJ
Received 1 Aug 2022103 Chapel Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RY
Received 1 Aug 2022Anderton Centre New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 2 Aug 2022Seven Stars Inn 84 - 86 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0SU
Received 2 Aug 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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