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.
8,745 approved · 836 refused · 443 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Royton Drive Whittle-le-Woods Chorley PR6 7HJ
Received 4 Jul 202421 New Street Mawdesley L40 2QN
Received 5 Jul 202411 Kittiwake Road Heapey Chorley PR6 9BA
Received 5 Jul 2024Brook Farmhouse Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QY
Received 5 Jul 2024Land 134M South West Of Hand Lane End Farm Hand Lane Mawdesley
Received 5 Jul 2024Marked 4 Life 60 Market Street Chorley PR7 2SE
Received 8 Jul 2024Bretherton Congregational Church South Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AJ
Received 8 Jul 20249 Olde Stoneheath Court Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EH
Received 8 Jul 20242 Morris Way Chorley PR7 3DG
Received 8 Jul 2024Camelot Theme Park Park Hall Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LP
Received 9 Jul 2024129 & 131 School Lane Brinscall Chorley PR6 8PS
Received 9 Jul 202411 Duxbury Hall Road Chorley PR7 4AT
Received 5 Jul 2024Land And Buildings At Old Withnells Farm Trigg Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BZ
Received 10 Jul 2024Cuerden Hall Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AZ
Received 10 Jul 2024Cuerden Hall Shady Lane Cuerden Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6AZ
Received 10 Jul 2024Wood Lane Farm Wood Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RL
Received 11 Jul 20248 Mortimer Place Clayton-le-woods Leyland PR25 5AJ
Received 11 Jul 2024Botany Bay Canal Mill Botany Bay Chorley PR6 9AF
Received 11 Jul 2024Barbers Moor Farm Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HQ
Received 12 Jul 202414 Balniel Close Chorley PR7 2QP
Received 12 Jul 2024Land 120M East Of 27 Charter Lane Charnock Richard
Received 12 Jul 202431 Brindle Street Chorley PR7 3HR
Received 12 Jul 2024Botany Bay Canal Mill Botany Bay Chorley PR6 9AF
Received 12 Jul 2024Spencer House Farm Town Lane Heskin Chorley PR7 5QA
Received 14 Jul 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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