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.
8,463 approved · 814 refused · 433 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower House Fold Farm Trigg Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BZ
Received 26 Jul 202311 Kenyon Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EX
Received 27 Jul 202317 Fairview Drive Adlington Chorley PR6 9SB
Received 27 Jul 202386 Kingsway Euxton Chorley PR7 6PP
Received 27 Jul 2023Land Adjoining 1 Moor Hey Cottages South Road Bretherton
Received 27 Jul 2023Rainbow Hub NW Ltd Salt Pit Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QX
Received 27 Jul 2023Rusland The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 28 Jul 2023Canterbury Farm Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Received 28 Jul 2023The Hillocks Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RJ
Received 28 Jul 2023Harrock View Dawbers Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6EF
Received 28 Jul 2023Westmorland School Weldbank Lane Chorley PR7 3NQ
Received 28 Jul 2023Nationwide Building Society 4 - 6 Fazakerley Street Chorley PR7 1BG
Received 28 Jul 2023Hallatrow The Close Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 28 Jul 202314 Flag Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9ED
Received 28 Jul 202322 Lodge Bank Brinscall Chorley PR6 8QU
Received 28 Jul 20236 Strathmore Grove Chorley PR7 2PG
Received 29 Jul 2023St Peters Parish Club Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0DX
Received 31 Jul 2023DXC Technology Euxton House Euxton Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6FE
Received 31 Jul 2023107 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7PJ
Received 31 Jul 2023DXC Technology Euxton House Euxton Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6FE
Received 31 Jul 2023Lower House Fold Farm Trigg Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BZ
Received 31 Jul 2023Adlington Central Business Park Railway View Adlington
Received 31 Jul 2023Mariden Smithy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QQ
Received 31 Jul 2023Chorley Business And Technology Centre N3 East Terrace Euxton
Received 31 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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