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.
8,468 approved · 814 refused · 433 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jack Green Farm Oram Road Brindle Chorley PR6 8NT
Received 1 Aug 2023Land Off Moor Road Moor Road Croston
Received 1 Aug 2023Advertising Hoarding Opposite B And Q Preston Street Chorley
Received 1 Aug 2023Crow Trees Lodge Gough Lane Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AQ
Received 1 Aug 2023Crow Trees Lodge Gough Lane Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AQ
Received 1 Aug 20237 Field Rose Court Adlington Chorley PR6 9SS
Received 1 Aug 202346 Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8SB
Received 2 Aug 2023Ansdell Sandy Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NL
Received 2 Aug 2023Welfield Gough Lane Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AQ
Received 2 Aug 2023Lakelands Farm Bolton Road Anderton Bolton BL6 7RW
Received 3 Aug 2023Gale Moss Farm Halliwell Lane Chorley PR6 7EZ
Received 4 Aug 2023St Lukes Church Quarry Road Brinscall Chorley PR6 8RB
Received 4 Aug 2023Lowe Fold Farm Coppice Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9DD
Received 6 Aug 202362 Cedar Field Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7RW
Received 7 Aug 2023Bluestone House Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RJ
Received 7 Aug 2023Golden Acres Ltd Plocks Farm Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 7 Aug 2023Land Ajacent To Heapey Road Heapey Road Heapey
Received 7 Aug 202326 Darwin Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5AP
Received 8 Aug 202341 Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 8 Aug 2023Doorway To Value 50 Preston Road Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HH
Received 9 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To 2 Greystones Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley
Received 9 Aug 2023Bradleys Farm Barn Sheep House Lane Rivington
Received 9 Aug 20231 Springs Road Chorley PR6 7AN
Received 10 Aug 20232 Beaufort Close Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7LE
Received 10 Aug 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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