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.
8,298 approved · 804 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Burgh Meadows Chorley PR7 3LR
Received 21 Oct 202212 Church Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 3RB
Received 21 Oct 2022Over Hall Nook South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AB
Received 24 Oct 2022Roscoe Lowe Farm New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 24 Oct 2022MFG Clayton Green Clayton Green Service Station Preston Road Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7JD
Received 24 Oct 2022Astley Hall Astley Park Park Road Chorley PR7 1NP
Received 24 Oct 2022Welfield Gough Lane Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AQ
Received 24 Oct 2022Sundance 166 Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 25 Oct 2022Breworth Fold Cottage Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 26 Oct 202212 Cherry Tree Grove Chorley PR6 7BL
Received 26 Oct 2022Harrock View Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EF
Received 26 Oct 20224 Chantry Place Coppull Chorley PR7 4QF
Received 26 Oct 2022Land Between 26 And 28 Village Croft Euxton
Received 26 Oct 2022Land Adjacent To No. 2 Old School Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6QJ
Received 26 Oct 2022The Coach House Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 26 Oct 202224 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 26 Oct 20228 Drapers Avenue Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SY
Received 27 Oct 2022Hunters Lodge Motel Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LH
Received 28 Oct 202230 Daisy Hill Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9NE
Received 28 Oct 2022Holmleigh Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EX
Received 31 Oct 2022Chorley And District Building Society Key House Foxhole Road Chorley PR7 1NZ
Received 31 Oct 2022Land 75M South East Of 33 Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 31 Oct 202290 Claughton Avenue Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TN
Received 31 Oct 2022The Strawberry Fields Digital Hub Euxton Lane Chorley PR7 1PS
Received 31 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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