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.
9,787 approved · 910 refused · 494 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
143 Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JH
Received 14 May 2025United Utilities Training And Conference Centre New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 14 May 2025Land 53M West Of Belvedere 31 Darlington Street Coppull
Received 14 May 2025Croston Hall Farm Carr Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9RE
Received 15 May 2025Holland Fold Farm Long Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9EF
Received 15 May 202563 Bury Lane Withnell Chorley PR6 8SB
Received 15 May 2025Round Bank Farm Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QZ
Received 15 May 2025Orange PSC Telecommunication Mast Site LA0246 Greenbank Farm Wigan Road Clayton-le-woods
Received 16 May 20255 Clifton Grove Chorley PR7 2PF
Received 17 May 2025Woodcock Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HB
Received 17 May 2025Endeavour Photography Unit 1 The Workshop Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8AU
Received 18 May 2025Land Bounded By Parkhurst Avenue East Of Wigan Road Clayton-le-woods
Received 16 May 2025Boys Farm Leyland Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LB
Received 19 May 2025Boys Farm Leyland Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LB
Received 19 May 2025Land 120M East Of 27 Charter Lane Charnock Richard
Received 19 May 2025Euxton Mills Hotel Wigan Road Euxton Chorley PR7 6JD
Received 19 May 2025Eccleston Cricket Club Doctors Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5QY
Received 19 May 20253 Hunters Fold Way Charnock Richard Chorley Lancashire PR7 5XJ
Received 19 May 2025Land At Stonor Road Stonor Road Adlington
Received 19 May 2025Goffs Cottage Chorley Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BN
Received 20 May 2025NIS Engineering Common Bank Industrial Estate Ackhurst Road Chorley PR7 1NH
Received 20 May 202535 Stirling Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7LS
Received 20 May 202571 Watkin Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7PU
Received 20 May 2025Newholme Ridley Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RE
Received 20 May 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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