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.
8,544 approved · 823 refused · 437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 - 6 Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 19 Dec 2023Barn At Bournes Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton PR76HB
Received 19 Dec 202360 Glenmore Clayton-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7TB
Received 19 Dec 202327 Southport Road Chorley PR7 1LF
Received 19 Dec 202318 Cranbourne Drive Chorley PR6 0LJ
Received 19 Dec 202348 New Street Eccleston Chorley PR7 5TW
Received 19 Dec 2023Withnell Fold Primary School Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 19 Dec 2023Land 120M East Of 27 Charter Lane Charnock Richard
Received 20 Dec 2023Limbrick Fisheries Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EF
Received 20 Dec 202318 Rookwood Avenue Chorley PR7 1RL
Received 20 Dec 2023Liverpool Road Tarleton
Received 21 Dec 20231 Carnoustie Drive Euxton Chorley PR7 6FR
Received 21 Dec 2023Magistrates Court St Thomas Road Chorley PR7 1HR
Received 22 Dec 2023Johnsons Farm Back Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9DJ
Received 22 Dec 2023Johnsons Farm Back Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9DJ
Received 22 Dec 202371 Beechfields Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RF
Received 22 Dec 2023The Croft Lower Simpson Fold Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HL
Received 22 Dec 2023Auldene 338 Southport Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LQ
Received 23 Dec 2023Liptrot Farm Gilbertson Road Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 4DJ
Received 23 Dec 2023Brookfield Farm North Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AY
Received 23 Dec 2023Land At Carrington Road Adlington
Received 28 Dec 20232 The Cottages The Drive Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8ED
Received 29 Dec 202379 Astley Road Chorley PR7 1RR
Received 1 Jan 202423 The Bowers Chorley PR7 3LA
Received 2 Jan 2024Records 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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