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.
8,332 approved · 805 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Leeson Avenue Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NB
Received 5 Dec 2022Brandwood Fold Farm Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8JB
Received 5 Dec 2022NIS Engineering Common Bank Industrial Estate Ackhurst Road Chorley PR7 1NH
Received 5 Dec 2022Bournes Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HB
Received 5 Dec 202210 Parkers Wood Close Chorley PR7 2FD
Received 5 Dec 202227 Charter Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LZ
Received 5 Dec 2022Clanranald Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RG
Received 5 Dec 202289 Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6AX
Received 5 Dec 2022Four Oaks Shawes Drive Anderton Chorley PR6 9HR
Received 5 Dec 2022Plot 1 Dark Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AE
Received 5 Dec 2022151 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DR
Received 6 Dec 202216 Casterton Euxton Chorley PR7 6HN
Received 6 Dec 20225 Willow Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8NP
Received 6 Dec 2022Public Conveniencies Belmont Road Rivington
Received 7 Dec 2022Honeywood Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 7 Dec 2022Charter House Kennels 118 Church Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NA
Received 7 Dec 2022Little Bluestone Cottage Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 7 Dec 2022148 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SB
Received 9 Dec 2022Land North Of The Railway Public House Wigan Road Euxton
Received 9 Dec 202230 High Bank Heapey Chorley PR6 9AY
Received 9 Dec 2022Land To The Side Of Breworth Fold House Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 9 Dec 202227 Charter Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LZ
Received 10 Dec 2022Buckshaw Motors The Bungalow 38 Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JZ
Received 10 Dec 2022Land South Of Parr Lane Eccleston
Received 12 Dec 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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