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.
8,452 approved · 812 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Parke Road Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QB
Received 30 Jun 2023Rivanda Shawes Drive Anderton Chorley PR6 9HR
Received 30 Jun 202314 Church View Close Chorley PR6 0BF
Received 1 Jul 2023Brereworth Manor Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 1 Jul 2023Brereworth Manor Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 1 Jul 2023Land Opposite Hampton Grove Wigan Road Clayton-Le-Woods
Received 3 Jul 2023Land North Of The Railway Public House Wigan Road Euxton
Received 3 Jul 2023Salt Pit Croft Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX
Received 4 Jul 2023Land 120M South West Of 21 Lower Burgh Way Lower Burgh Way Chorley
Received 4 Jul 202339 Hawkshead Avenue Euxton Chorley PR7 6NZ
Received 4 Jul 202376 Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JT
Received 4 Jul 20232 Hornby Close Adlington Chorley PR6 9FT
Received 4 Jul 20233 Hornchurch Drive Chorley PR7 2RJ
Received 5 Jul 202323 Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 5 Jul 20231 Sandringham Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SN
Received 5 Jul 202322 Bridge Mill Court Chorley PR6 9DU
Received 6 Jul 2023Land Off Moor Road Moor Road Croston
Received 6 Jul 20232 Far Nook Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NY
Received 6 Jul 2023Miller Farm Ulnes Walton Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LU
Received 6 Jul 2023Meadow View 150 Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BN
Received 7 Jul 202338 Princess Way Euxton Chorley PR7 6PJ
Received 8 Jul 2023Lowe Fold Farm Coppice Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9DD
Received 8 Jul 2023191 Chorley Old Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NB
Received 9 Jul 2023Land 120M East Of 27 Charter Lane Charnock Richard
Received 10 Jul 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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