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.
8,261 approved · 800 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Longmede Church Fold Coppull Chorley PR7 4LZ
Received 28 Sept 2022Pippin Fold Pippin Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8ND
Received 28 Sept 2022Whins Farm Barn Whins Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HN
Received 28 Sept 20223 Railway Road Brinscall Chorley PR6 8RD
Received 28 Sept 2022Hoole Cottage Wigan Lane Chorley PR7 4BY
Received 28 Sept 2022Corona Wigan Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DA
Received 29 Sept 202235 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 29 Sept 2022Oak House Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 29 Sept 202226 Pilling Lane Chorley PR7 3ER
Received 30 Sept 2022Five Acres Plant Centre Five Acres Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EE
Received 30 Sept 202225 Grange Drive Coppull Chorley PR7 5FG
Received 30 Sept 2022Land Adjoining Cuerden Residential Park Nell Lane Cuerden
Received 30 Sept 20222 Springwood Drive Chorley PR7 4AD
Received 30 Sept 2022Thistle Brook House Riley Green Hoghton Preston PR5 0SL
Received 30 Sept 202211 Berry Avenue Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7FX
Received 30 Sept 202219 Wood Beech Gardens Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7FH
Received 30 Sept 20228 Snape Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7FY
Received 1 Oct 2022The Shippon Pike Lowe Brinscall Chorley PR6 8SR
Received 2 Oct 2022122 Chapel Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4PN
Received 3 Oct 2022Asda Superstore Clayton Green Centre Centre Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JY
Received 3 Oct 2022312 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NT
Received 3 Oct 2022Shackerley Tithe Barn Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BX
Received 3 Oct 202224 Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 4 Oct 2022292 Chapel Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4LX
Received 4 Oct 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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