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.
9,912 approved · 917 refused · 500 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garstang House Farm Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BY
Received 30 Jun 202518 Wade Brook Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8NW
Received 30 Jun 202543 Pear Tree Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4NL
Received 1 Jul 2025Throstle Nest Barn Bolton Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HN
Received 1 Jul 2025The Glen Gib Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0RU
Received 2 Jul 2025Grass Verge Near1 Rock Gardens Hoghton Preston PR5 0DB
Received 3 Jul 20254 The Cherries Euxton Chorley PR7 6NG
Received 3 Jul 2025EE Telecommunications Mast Watsons Farm Bolton Road Abbey Village Chorley PR6 8DY
Received 4 Jul 2025J & P A Baldwin & Sons Denham Springs Farm Birchin Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8LY
Received 4 Jul 2025Telent Technology Services Carr Lane Chorley PR7 3JP
Received 4 Jul 2025Heapey Fold Estate Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Received 6 Jul 2025Denizes Farm Southport Road Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LP
Received 6 Jul 2025Land 53M West Of Belvedere 31 Darlington Street Coppull
Received 7 Jul 2025Little Knowley Farm Heapey Road Chorley PR6 9BQ
Received 7 Jul 202519 Yarrow Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SJ
Received 7 Jul 2025Land West Of Plymouth Cottages Butterworth Brow Chorley PR7 3QL
Received 8 Jul 2025Plot 1 Fishers Farm Delph Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5ND
Received 8 Jul 202512 St Helens Road Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7NQ
Received 9 Jul 202547 Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9JU
Received 9 Jul 2025Land At School Lane Mawdesley
Received 8 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Fig Tree House Tanhouse Lane Whittle-le-woods
Received 10 Jul 20256 Dove Cote Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7AY
Received 10 Jul 2025Whitegates 75 Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 10 Jul 202583 Harrison Road Chorley PR7 3HU
Received 10 Jul 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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