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.
8,394 approved · 808 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Haworth Road Chorley PR6 9FG
Received 1 Mar 2023Charter House Kennels 118 Church Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NA
Received 1 Mar 20237 Southport Road Chorley PR7 1LB
Received 1 Mar 2023Brooke Street Chorley
Received 2 Mar 2023Land To East Of New House Highfield Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HH
Received 2 Mar 2023Eagle Tower Farm Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EW
Received 2 Mar 2023Eagle Tower Farm Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EW
Received 2 Mar 2023Spar And Post Office 12 Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6AU
Received 2 Mar 2023Roecroft Farmhouse Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LT
Received 2 Mar 2023Gillivervet Garwood Equine Centre Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 2 Mar 2023267 Southport Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LQ
Received 3 Mar 2023Home Farm Mews Grape Lane Croston
Received 3 Mar 202325 Bracken Close Chorley PR6 0EJ
Received 3 Mar 20233 Bluebell Close Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RH
Received 3 Mar 2023Stocks Cottages Chorley Road Withnell
Received 3 Mar 2023Fisher House Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7SL
Received 3 Mar 202349 Folly Wood Drive Chorley PR7 2FW
Received 3 Mar 202314 Lichen Close Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5RY
Received 5 Mar 2023Blainscough Works Blainscough Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5HT
Received 6 Mar 202393 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DE
Received 6 Mar 202373 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 6 Mar 202373 Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 6 Mar 2023Anderton Manor Farm Bolton Road Anderton Bolton BL6 7RW
Received 6 Mar 202316 Park Road Chorley
Received 7 Mar 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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