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.
10,249 approved · 931 refused · 517 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Formerly Talbot Mill Froom Street Chorley
Received 28 Oct 20252 Mount Pleasant Adlington Chorley PR6 9RR
Received 28 Oct 2025Tesco Eaves Green Road Chorley PR7 3PF
Received 29 Oct 2025Tesco Eaves Green Road Chorley PR7 3PF
Received 29 Oct 2025Euxton Mill Dawbers Lane Euxton
Received 30 Oct 20255 Town Brow Clayton-le-woods Leyland PR25 5SY
Received 30 Oct 2025Land Fronting Bagganley Lane Bagganley Lane Knowley Chorley
Received 31 Oct 2025Whiteacres Back Lane East Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TA
Received 31 Oct 2025Howebrook Farm Bannister Green Heskin
Received 31 Oct 2025Howebrook Farm Bannister Green Heskin
Received 31 Oct 2025Bournes Farm Runshaw Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6HB
Received 31 Oct 2025Land To The West Side Of Preston Road Coppull
Received 1 Nov 2025Land Off Moor Road Croston
Received 1 Nov 2025Park View 38 Grape Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9HB
Received 2 Nov 202515 Washington Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6DE
Received 2 Nov 2025Th'owd Barn Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QY
Received 3 Nov 2025Land North Of Gorsey Lane Mawdesley
Received 31 Oct 2025301 - 305 Eaves Lane Chorley
Received 3 Nov 2025Unit K4 Buckshaw Link Ordnance Road Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7EL
Received 4 Nov 20256 Gleadhill House Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6NN
Received 4 Nov 2025Willow Road/ Pump House Lane Ulnes Walton
Received 5 Nov 2025Riverslea Rivington Lane Anderton Chorley PR6 9HQ
Received 5 Nov 20251 The Foxwood Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5JQ
Received 5 Nov 2025Stanworth Farm Stables Bolton Road Withnell Chorley PR6 8BP
Received 6 Nov 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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