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.
8,497 approved · 816 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
20 Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EN
Received 4 Oct 2023Eccleston Hall Lydiate Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6LY
Received 4 Oct 2023The Gables Care Home 25 Southport Road Chorley PR7 1LF
Received 5 Oct 20238 Croston Way Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7YP
Received 5 Oct 202353 Pear Tree Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4NL
Received 5 Oct 20237 Crostons Farm Drive Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 7YN
Received 6 Oct 202334 Ashfield Road Chorley PR7 1LH
Received 6 Oct 2023Three Acres Black Moor Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2PA
Received 6 Oct 2023Northwood White Coppice Anglezarke Chorley PR6 9DF
Received 7 Oct 202315 Greenside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AS
Received 9 Oct 202331 Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 10 Oct 2023Brown Hill Farm Copthurst Lane Whittle-Le-Woods Chorley PR6 8LR
Received 10 Oct 2023Higher Kingsley Clover Road Chorley PR7 2NL
Received 10 Oct 202318 Cranbourne Drive Chorley PR6 0LJ
Received 11 Oct 2023Sandy Lane Farm Sandy Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QB
Received 12 Oct 202311 Thetford Drive Clayton-Le-Woods Leyland PR25 5PG
Received 12 Oct 2023Chorley FC Victory Park Duke Street Chorley PR7 3DU
Received 12 Oct 2023Withnell's Brewing Co Ltd 101 Anderton Street Chorley PR7 2AY
Received 12 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To 2 Northside Euxton Chorley PR7 6AN
Received 12 Oct 2023The Swan With Two Necks 1 - 3 Hollinshead Street Chorley PR7 1EP
Received 12 Oct 2023The Swan With Two Necks 1 - 3 Hollinshead Street Chorley PR7 1EP
Received 12 Oct 202331 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5HS
Received 12 Oct 2023Cowling Business Park Canal Side Chorley
Received 13 Oct 20232 Weld Avenue Chorley PR7 3JJ
Received 13 Oct 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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