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.
10,514 approved · 947 refused · 538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 On The A674 Wheelton Blackburn New Road Wheelton
Received 4 Feb 2026Oliver House Hallgate Astley Village Chorley PR7 1XA
Received 4 Feb 20264 New Street Mawdesley L40 2QP
Received 5 Feb 2026Hm Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Received 5 Feb 2026Hm Prison Wymott Moss Lane Ulnes Walton Leyland PR26 8LW
Received 5 Feb 202640 Belmont Road Adlington Chorley PR6 9PU
Received 6 Feb 2026Land North East Of And Adjacent To The Millenium Green Hurst Green Mawdesley
Received 6 Feb 20262 Kingsway Euxton Chorley PR7 6PP
Received 6 Feb 2026Withnell Fold Methodist Church Withnell Fold Withnell Chorley PR6 8AZ
Received 6 Feb 2026Land To The West Side Of Blackburn Road Chorley
Received 6 Feb 20269 Hill Croft Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7EF
Received 6 Feb 202627 Southport Road Chorley PR7 1LF
Received 8 Feb 2026Beechwood Chapel Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 8EN
Received 8 Feb 2026Lower Wood End Farm Back Lane Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7EX
Received 9 Feb 2026Land To The North Of Fishers Farm Delph Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5ND
Received 9 Feb 2026A55 New Pole Bolton Road Heath Charnock
Received 9 Feb 2026114 Preston Road Chorley PR7 1PT
Received 9 Feb 20261 Buckinghamshire Place Buckshaw Village Chorley PR7 7HS
Received 9 Feb 20268 Grange Close Clayton-le-woods Leyland PR25 5SJ
Received 9 Feb 2026N & K Harvey Funerals 180 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SU
Received 10 Feb 2026Former St Lukes Church Site Quarry Road Brinscall
Received 10 Feb 2026Greenways Parkside Drive South Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7PH
Received 10 Feb 2026Woodland Adjacent To Woodside Avenue And Back Lane Clayton-le-woods
Received 10 Feb 2026Hill Top Farm South Hill Top Lane Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7QS
Received 10 Feb 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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