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.
9,664 approved · 905 refused · 490 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
128 Preston Road Chorley PR6 7AU
Received 29 Mar 2025Land And Buildings At Brook House Farm Brook Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LJ
Received 28 Mar 2025Wood Lane Farm Wood Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RL
Received 31 Mar 2025City Cottage Hall Lane Mawdesley L40 2QZ
Received 31 Mar 2025City Cottage Hall Lane Mawdesley L40 2QZ
Received 31 Mar 202524 Freckleton Court Adlington Chorley PR6 9FS
Received 31 Mar 202568 The Farthings Astley Village Chorley PR7 1SH
Received 31 Mar 202512 Kirkstall Close Chorley PR7 3JW
Received 1 Apr 20251 The Hazels Coppull Chorley PR7 5BN
Received 1 Apr 2025Orange Telecommunication Mast LAN 130 Coppull Enterprise Centre Mill Lane Coppull
Received 1 Apr 2025122 & 124 Wymundsley Astley Village Chorley PR7 1UT
Received 1 Apr 2025Highways And Landscaped Strip In Front Of 29 - 43 And 72 - 86 Brown Street, Chorley
Received 2 Apr 2025199 Preston Road Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7PS
Received 2 Apr 2025The Shippon Windmill Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NX
Received 2 Apr 20251 Moss Terrace Moss Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 8AB
Received 2 Apr 20252 Roundabout Cottage Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8JD
Received 1 Apr 2025Land Between 68 And 80 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5DW
Received 3 Apr 2025Chorley Borough Council Depot Bengal Street Chorley PR7 1SA
Received 3 Apr 2025The Former Mill Hotel Chorley Moor Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HP
Received 3 Apr 2025Land Near Roundabout Botany Brow Chorley
Received 3 Apr 20253 Viaduct Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SE
Received 3 Apr 202550 Windsor Drive Brinscall Chorley PR6 8PX
Received 4 Apr 2025JF Electrical Little Quarry Hill Top Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7QR
Received 4 Apr 2025148 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SB
Received 4 Apr 2025Records 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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