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.
10,550 approved · 949 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Near 289 Wigan Road & Junction Of Pincock Brow Nr The Sibbering Wigan Road Euxton
Received 18 Feb 2026Land And Buildings At Old Withnells Farm Trigg Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BZ
Received 18 Feb 20261 Curate Street Chorley PR6 0HQ
Received 18 Feb 2026Midsummer Cottage 73 Drinkhouse Road Croston Leyland PR26 9JE
Received 18 Feb 2026Land To The Rear Of Brookmere Farm Hall Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 2QY
Received 19 Feb 2026Land To The West Side Of Blackburn Road Chorley
Received 19 Feb 2026Robinson and Douglas Spendmore Lane Coppull Chorley PR7 5BX
Received 19 Feb 2026The Wheatsheaf Hotel Town Road Croston Leyland PR26 9RA
Received 20 Feb 2026Land Adjcent Rossendale Drive Adlington PR6 9AB
Received 20 Feb 20262 Rectory Close Croston Leyland PR26 9SH
Received 20 Feb 202673 Gorsey Lane Mawdesley Ormskirk L40 3TE
Received 20 Feb 202621 Lindsay Drive Chorley PR7 2QL
Received 20 Feb 2026Anderton Park New Road Anderton Chorley PR6 9HG
Received 20 Feb 202628 Longfield Avenue Coppull Chorley PR7 4NT
Received 21 Feb 2026Land At Orchard Heys Farm Park Road Coppull Chorley PR7 5AH
Received 20 Feb 2026Halls Bakery 305 Eaves Lane Chorley PR6 0DR
Received 23 Feb 202615 Russell Square West Chorley PR6 0AR
Received 23 Feb 2026Julinden Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NT
Received 23 Feb 20265 Dunham Drive Whittle-le-woods Chorley PR6 7DN
Received 23 Feb 20267 Ashfield Road Chorley PR7 1LH
Received 24 Feb 202610 Conway Close Euxton Chorley PR7 6NT
Received 24 Feb 20264 Cherry Tree Close Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5FJ
Received 25 Feb 202614 Conway Close Euxton Chorley PR7 6NT
Received 24 Feb 2026Land To The North Of Myles Standish Way Heath Charnock Chorley PR7 3FT
Received 25 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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