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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,197 approved · 796 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Slate Farm Bungalow Rufford Road Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SA
Received 2 Aug 2022312 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NT
Received 2 Aug 2022Stalk Farm High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 2 Aug 2022The Lodge Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6DY
Received 3 Aug 2022148 Pilling Lane Chorley PR7 3EF
Received 3 Aug 20228 Grove Farm Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9QS
Received 3 Aug 20222 Gorse Close Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8LE
Received 3 Aug 20222 Maple Avenue Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QW
Received 3 Aug 2022Harrison Farm Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 3 Aug 2022The Hop Pocket Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JQ
Received 3 Aug 2022Laburnums High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 4 Aug 2022Woodend Farm Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RL
Received 4 Aug 2022Woodend Farm Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RL
Received 4 Aug 2022Go Ape Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 4 Aug 2022Mulberry House Bolton Road Anderton Bolton BL6 7RW
Received 4 Aug 202229 Lighthurst Lane Chorley PR7 3EQ
Received 5 Aug 2022Strawberry Fields Nursery And Swim Academy Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 5 Aug 2022280 Moor Road Chorley PR7 2NG
Received 5 Aug 2022The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 5 Aug 202229 Millfield Road Chorley PR7 1RF
Received 5 Aug 2022Land 50M To The North West Of No. 1 The Spinney, Chorley, PR6 7BU
Received 5 Aug 202213 Lancaster Place Adlington Chorley PR6 9SG
Received 8 Aug 2022The Nook Westhoughton Road Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4ER
Received 9 Aug 2022Highgrove House Highfield Road North Chorley PR7 1PH
Received 9 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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