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.
8,386 approved · 808 refused · 428 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 10 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dhalling Mhor Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NT
Received 10 Feb 2023International Aid Trust 84 Market Street Chorley PR7 2SF
Received 10 Feb 20233 Bracken Close Chorley PR6 0EJ
Received 13 Feb 2023193 Chorley Old Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NB
Received 13 Feb 2023Land Adjacent To 2 Greystones Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley
Received 14 Feb 2023The Old Police Station 1 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 14 Feb 2023Smithy Lane Mawdesley
Received 14 Feb 202321 Linden Grove Chorley PR6 7BN
Received 15 Feb 2023Land At Tincklers Lane Tincklers Lane Eccleston
Received 15 Feb 2023Woodhaven The Straits Hoghton Preston PR5 0DA
Received 15 Feb 2023Anglezarke Bolton Road Anderton Horwich BL6 7RW
Received 16 Feb 2023Withnell Fold Sports Club Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 16 Feb 2023Land Off Moor Road Moor Road Croston
Received 17 Feb 2023Park Dene 428 Langton Brow Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PB
Received 17 Feb 2023Whins Green Kitchen Whins Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HN
Received 17 Feb 202314 The Croft Eccleston Chorley PR7 5UE
Received 17 Feb 2023Land Off Moor Road Moor Road Croston
Received 20 Feb 20232 Newport Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7GP
Received 19 Feb 2023ARQIVA Telecommunication Mast Site No 93448 Charnock Brow Farm Preston Road Charnock Richard
Received 1 Feb 2023The Laurels At Charnock Preston Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LE
Received 20 Feb 2023Adlington Central Business Park Railway View Adlington
Received 20 Feb 2023Rainbow Hub NW Ltd Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX
Received 20 Feb 20238 Clancutt Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 4NS
Received 20 Feb 2023Glyndale Wigan Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DA
Received 21 Feb 2023Records 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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