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.
10,469 approved · 944 refused · 532 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The West Side Of Blackburn Road Chorley
Received 13 Jan 2026211 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SX
Received 14 Jan 2026Breworth Manor Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 14 Jan 20262 Old School Lane Euxton Chorley PR7 6QJ
Received 14 Jan 2026Land Between 28 And 34 Long Lane Heath Charnock
Received 15 Jan 2026Land Off Lee Lane Back Lane Mawdesley
Received 15 Jan 202617 Warwick Road Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SQ
Received 15 Jan 2026Golden Acres Ltd Plocks Farm Liverpool Road Bretherton Leyland PR26 9AX
Received 15 Jan 2026Rectory Field School Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TG
Received 15 Jan 2026Chorley Methodist Church Hall Gillibrand Walks Chorley
Received 16 Jan 2026The Preston Temple Temple Way Chorley PR6 7EQ
Received 16 Jan 2026The Preston Temple Temple Way Chorley PR6 7EQ
Received 16 Jan 202610 Alexander Close Chorley PR7 3FU
Received 17 Jan 202655 Watkin Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7PU
Received 17 Jan 202641 Back Lane Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7QE
Received 18 Jan 202663 - 71 Jolly Tar Lane Coppull
Received 19 Jan 2026Cuerden Cottage Shady Lane Clayton-le-woods Leyland PR25 5TA
Received 19 Jan 202620 Pear Tree Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7JP
Received 19 Jan 202681 Manor Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7JR
Received 19 Jan 2026Near Birkacre Nurseries Ltd Birkacre Road Chorley
Received 20 Jan 2026222 Preston Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5EB
Received 20 Jan 2026Land Bounded By Parkhurst Avenue East Of Wigan Road Clayton-le-woods Leyland PR25 5SB
Received 20 Jan 2026Wards O'Th Hill Farm Blackburn Old Road Hoghton Preston PR5 0SJ
Received 20 Jan 2026Croston Park Nursing Home Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 20 Jan 2026Records 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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