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.
10,268 approved · 931 refused · 517 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Bounded By Parkhurst Avenue East Of Wigan Road Clayton-le-woods
Received 6 Nov 2025McDonalds Woodale Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7TY
Received 6 Nov 2025Horse Stone Farm Parr Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RP
Received 6 Nov 202568 The Farthings Astley Village Chorley PR7 1SH
Received 6 Nov 2025Land At The Hillocks Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley L40 2RJ
Received 7 Nov 2025217 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SX
Received 7 Nov 2025Unit 5 Market Walk Extension Union Street Chorley PR7 1FD
Received 7 Nov 2025Unit 5 Market Walk Extension Union Street Chorley PR7 1FD
Received 7 Nov 2025St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Eaves Green Road Chorley PR7 3QG
Received 10 Nov 2025Withnell Fold Sports And Social Club Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8BA
Received 10 Nov 202564 Bradley Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 5RJ
Received 10 Nov 202521 Highfield Road Croston Leyland PR26 9HH
Received 10 Nov 2025Land To The South Of Nell Lane Cuerden
Received 10 Nov 2025Land At Spout House Farm Blackburn Road Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8HS
Received 11 Nov 2025The Robin Hood Blue Stone Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2RG
Received 11 Nov 20256 Eller Brook Close Heath Charnock Chorley PR6 9NQ
Received 11 Nov 2025Tesco Express Eaves Green Road Chorley PR7 3PQ
Received 11 Nov 2025Meadow Barn New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 12 Nov 2025Meadow Barn New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 12 Nov 20251 The Brambles Coppull Chorley PR7 4NW
Received 12 Nov 2025Latvian Consulate Pemberton House Farm Park Hall Road Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5LP
Received 12 Nov 20257 Livesey Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8SH
Received 13 Nov 20251 Gillcroft Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SE
Received 13 Nov 2025The Willows Finney Lane Croston Leyland PR26 9JQ
Received 13 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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