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.
8,305 approved · 804 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 1 Nov 2022The Old Barn North Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AY
Received 1 Nov 2022Charnock Richard Pre-School Charter Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NA
Received 1 Nov 202235 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 2 Nov 2022Cotswold Cottage Wigan Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DD
Received 2 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To 123 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock
Received 2 Nov 20228 Glenisland Close Chorley PR7 3FX
Received 2 Nov 202214 Darwin Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5AP
Received 2 Nov 2022Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 3 Nov 20221 Columbine Close Euxton Chorley PR7 1BX
Received 3 Nov 2022248 Babylon Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9ER
Received 3 Nov 2022Land Adjoining 15 Park Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4HZ
Received 3 Nov 2022Land 60M North East Of Cunliffe Farm Horrobin Lane Anderton
Received 4 Nov 20221 Sunny Brow Coppull Chorley PR7 4PE
Received 4 Nov 2022Units 1 And 2 28 Pendle Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5TU
Received 4 Nov 2022Land Opposite Hampton Grove Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 7 Nov 2022Sarscow Farm Sarscow Lane Eccleston Leyland PR26 8LS
Received 7 Nov 2022Land West Of Oakfields And 197 Runshaw Lane Euxton
Received 7 Nov 202254 Thirlmere Road Chorley PR7 2JH
Received 7 Nov 202212 Old Wood Close Chorley PR7 2FZ
Received 7 Nov 2022St George's C Of E Primary School Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JU
Received 7 Nov 2022Thorntree House Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SB
Received 7 Nov 2022Unit 1 Black Brook Industrial Estate Cowling Brow Chorley PR6 9FY
Received 9 Nov 2022Shady Lane Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 9 Nov 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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