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.
8,311 approved · 804 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fisher House Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SL
Received 9 Nov 202225 Lancaster Lane Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5SN
Received 9 Nov 2022Chandlers Harbour Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JS
Received 9 Nov 2022Land Formerly Talbot Mill Froom Street Chorley
Received 10 Nov 202220 New Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QP
Received 10 Nov 2022NIS Engineering Common Bank Industrial Estate Ackhurst Road Chorley PR7 1NH
Received 10 Nov 202288 Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JG
Received 11 Nov 2022Land At Next To Nursery Park Road Coppull
Received 14 Nov 2022Oak Royal Golf And Country Club Hotel Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8SW
Received 14 Nov 2022Oak Royal Golf And Country Club Hotel Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8SW
Received 15 Nov 202229 Cunliffe Street Chorley PR7 2BA
Received 15 Nov 202265 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 15 Nov 202265 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 15 Nov 2022Torwood Station Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0DD
Received 15 Nov 20222 Ollerton Fold Farm Cottage Ollerton Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8BW
Received 16 Nov 2022Brooklyn Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8LZ
Received 16 Nov 2022233 Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AJ
Received 16 Nov 2022Royle Shaw Hill Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PP
Received 16 Nov 20222 South View Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AN
Received 16 Nov 2022Lower House Fold Farm Trigg Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BZ
Received 16 Nov 2022Adlington Central Business Park Railway View Adlington
Received 17 Nov 202256 The Fields Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SD
Received 17 Nov 2022Welfield Gough Lane Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AQ
Received 18 Nov 2022186 Preston Road Chorley PR6 7AZ
Received 18 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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