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.
8,602 approved · 824 refused · 439 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent Blainscough Hall Blainscough Lane Coppull
Received 18 Mar 2024Latham House Church Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5NA
Received 18 Mar 202435 Lord Way Euxton Chorley Lancashire PR7 6RE
Received 18 Mar 2024Land Between 20 And Mereside Oakmere Avenue Withnell
Received 20 Mar 2024Land South Of Parr Lane Eccleston
Received 20 Mar 2024Friars Nook Tannersmith Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RA
Received 21 Mar 202451 Drinkhouse Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JE
Received 21 Mar 2024Hurst House Farm Halfpenny Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5PR
Received 21 Mar 202438 The Warings Heskin Chorley PR7 5NZ
Received 21 Mar 2024Waterloo Lodge 171 - 173 Preston Road Chorley PR6 7AX
Received 21 Mar 2024Former BAE Site Group 1 Parcel C1 And C2 Central Avenue Buckshaw Village
Received 22 Mar 202457 Church Walk Euxton Chorley PR7 6HL
Received 22 Mar 2024Sykes Brook Bolton Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SP
Received 23 Mar 2024189 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DR
Received 25 Mar 2024Vodafone Telecommunications Mast Windy Harbour Farm Harbour Lane Wheelton
Received 21 Mar 2024Land At Stonor Road Stonor Road Adlington
Received 25 Mar 2024Blossom Hill 382 Langton Brow Eccleston Chorley PR7 5PB
Received 25 Mar 2024Greenways Bolton Road Chorley PR7 4AJ
Received 25 Mar 202453 Mavis Drive Coppull Chorley PR7 5AE
Received 26 Mar 20249 Langton Close Eccleston Chorley PR7 5UU
Received 26 Mar 2024Top O'th Hill Farm Rivington Lane Rivington Bolton BL6 7RZ
Received 26 Mar 202437 Queens Road Chorley PR7 1LA
Received 26 Mar 202429 Springfield Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5EJ
Received 26 Mar 20246 Johns Wood Close Chorley PR7 2FB
Received 26 Mar 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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