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.
11,425 approved · 1,005 refused · 596 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Off The Junction Of Rossendale Drive And Bolton Road Adlington
Received 14 Aug 2026Wright's Garden Centre New Lane Nurseries New Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6NB
Received 14 Aug 2026Land Between 39 And 45 Lydiate Lane Eccleston
Received 14 Aug 20268 Bay Tree Road Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7JW
Received 14 Aug 2026Waterloo Lodge School 173 Preston Road Chorley PR6 7AX
Received 15 Aug 2026Smithills Farm Higher House Lane Heapey Chorley PR6 9BU
Received 15 Aug 20268 Euxton Hall Gardens Euxton Chorley PR7 6PB
Received 15 Aug 2026The Croft New Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6NA
Received 16 Aug 2026Alan Davies Stainless Steel 62 Westhoughton Road Adlington Chorley PR7 4ET
Received 16 Aug 2026Breworth Manor Marsh Lane Brindle Chorley PR6 8NZ
Received 16 Aug 2026The Croft New Lane Eccleston Chorley PR7 6NA
Received 16 Aug 2026Land Between Knowley Brow & Bagganley Lane Knowley Brow Chorley
Received 17 Aug 202624 The Grove Chorley PR7 1PU
Received 17 Aug 20262 Beechwood Croft Clayton-le-woods Chorley PR6 7EG
Received 17 Aug 20266 Mount Pleasant Adlington Chorley PR6 9RR
Received 18 Aug 2026Dilaram Burgh Lane Chorley PR7 3NT
Received 18 Aug 2026Grundy's Lane Farm Grundys Lane Chorley PR7 4BZ
Received 20 Aug 2026Little Harbour Farm Harbour Lane Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JR
Received 20 Aug 2026Building Adjacent 19 Railway Road Brinscall
Received 21 Aug 2026161 The Green Eccleston Chorley PR7 5SA
Received 21 Aug 2026Fishers Farm Delph Lane Charnock Richard Chorley PR7 5ND
Received 21 Aug 2026Astley Hall Astley Park Park Road Chorley PR7 1NP
Received 21 Aug 2026Flashgreen Farm Cottage Jenny Lane Higher Wheelton Chorley PR6 8JE
Received 21 Aug 20265 Thirlmere Close Adlington Chorley PR6 9QD
Received 21 Aug 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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