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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chorley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,489 approved · 816 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Fertile Frog 20 St Georges Street Chorley PR7 2AA
Received 18 Sept 2023141 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SA
Received 18 Sept 202312 Olde Stoneheath Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EH
Received 18 Sept 202314 Olde Stoneheath Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EH
Received 19 Sept 2023Croston Hall Croston Hall Estate Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 19 Sept 2023Cruachan Bradshaw Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3SE
Received 20 Sept 2023Grimes Farm Pippin Street Brindle Chorley PR6 8ND
Received 20 Sept 2023Land To The South West Of Ricmarlo Preston Nook Eccleston
Received 20 Sept 20232 Far Nook Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7NY
Received 21 Sept 2023King Georges Field Chorley Road Adlington
Received 21 Sept 2023Land Off Washington Lane Euxton
Received 21 Sept 2023Straits Farm The Straits Hoghton Preston PR5 0DA
Received 21 Sept 2023The Cruck Barn Duxbury Park Duxbury Hall Road Chorley PR7 4AT
Received 21 Sept 20237 Rothwell Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9LZ
Received 21 Sept 2023Unit 1 Black Brook Industrial Estate Cowling Brow Chorley PR6 9FY
Received 22 Sept 2023Land West Of Unit K1-K4 Buckshaw Link Ordnance Road Buckshaw Village
Received 22 Sept 2023Chorley Unitarian Chapel Park Street Chorley PR7 1ER
Received 23 Sept 20236 Halls Square Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8AQ
Received 24 Sept 202320 Fairway Chorley PR7 1PJ
Received 24 Sept 2023Church Farm Stables High Street Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TD
Received 25 Sept 2023Three Acres Black Moor Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2PA
Received 25 Sept 20236 Wiltshire Grove Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7HT
Received 26 Sept 2023Land On The South Side Of Town Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley
Received 27 Sept 2023Stables At Lane Side Farm Brown House Lane Higher Wheelton
Received 27 Sept 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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