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.
8,405 approved · 809 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
168 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NP
Received 20 Mar 2023191 Chorley Old Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NB
Received 22 Mar 202372 Market Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4HF
Received 22 Mar 202372 Market Street Adlington Chorley PR7 4HF
Received 22 Mar 2023The Hop Pocket Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JQ
Received 22 Mar 202318 Gillibrand Street Chorley PR7 2EJ
Received 23 Mar 2023189 Wood Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5NS
Received 23 Mar 2023Telecommunication Mast Twin Lakes Industrial Park Bretherton Road Croston
Received 24 Mar 2023Logwood Stables Brinscall Mill Road Wheelton Chorley PR6 8TD
Received 24 Mar 2023Brereworth Manor Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 24 Mar 202399 Fairview Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9ST
Received 25 Mar 2023Land Adjoining Cuerden Residential Park Nell Lane Cuerden
Received 22 Mar 2023St Mary's Catholic Primary School Hornchurch Drive Chorley PR7 2RJ
Received 27 Mar 202320 Cam Wood Fold Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7SD
Received 27 Mar 2023International Fire Training Centre Washington Hall West Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6HJ
Received 27 Mar 20237 Windflower Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5RG
Received 27 Mar 202320 Monks Drive Withnell Chorley PR6 8SG
Received 28 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To Friths Court Gregson Lane Brindle
Received 28 Mar 2023Garwood Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 28 Mar 202313 Gordon Street Chorley PR6 0RS
Received 29 Mar 2023Hill End Cottage 12 Viaduct Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SE
Received 29 Mar 2023Land West Of 1 The Owls Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley
Received 29 Mar 20232 - 4 Brickfield Cottages Nickleton Brow Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EZ
Received 29 Mar 2023Garrig 1 Coronation Villas Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RH
Received 29 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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