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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancashire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Nov 1946 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
LAND FORMING PART OF FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 19 Nov 2008BRUNSHAW CP SCHOOL, MORSE STREET, BURNLEY
Received 20 Mar 2009RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 11 Aug 1987GARSTANG HIGH SCHOOL BOWGREAVE GARSTANG
Received 2 Feb 2011RIGBY HOUGHTON LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH WIGAN
Received 16 Sept 2010THORNEY BANK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BURNLEY ROAD, HAPTON
Received 3 May 2022FORMER PARK HOTEL COMPLEX, EAST CLIFF, PRESTON.
Received 6 Aug 2019STEVE DURKIN VEHICLE SERVICES WIDOW HILL ROAD BURNLEY
Received 10 Mar 2006RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE PLAYING FIELDS OFF LANGSHAW DRIVE CLITHEROE
Received 20 May 2003LYDIATE LANE CUERDEN
Received 26 Feb 1998REAR OF 39 PARK AVENUE EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 20 Jan 2005KIRKLAND AND CATTERALL ST HELENS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL THE GREEN CHURCHTOWN
Received 26 Apr 2002MAYFIELD SPECIAL SCHOOL GLOUCESTER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 16 Feb 2005PIKE LOWE FARM WITHNELL FOLD OLD ROAD BRINSCALL
Received 22 Apr 2003HALTON ARMY TRAINING CAMP, HALTON ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 8 Aug 2013GERRARD PLACE GILLIBRANDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SKELMERSDALE
Received 19 Jul 2007BORWICK LAKE, NEAR CARNFORTH
Received 10 Jun 2014HM KIRKHAM PRISON FRECKLETON ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 18 Sept 2001LYDIATE LANE SAND QUARRY LYDIATE LANE LEYLAND
Received 28 Oct 2011LYDIATE LANE CUERDEN PRESTON
Received 20 Jun 2003GIBFIELD SPECIAL SCHOOL GIBFIELD ROAD COLNE
Received 6 Aug 2002HALTON ARMY TRAINING CAMP. HALTON ROAD, LANCASTER.
Received 12 Feb 2013Dingle Quarry, Long Heys Lane, Dalton, WN8 7RF
Received 13 Sept 2024County Hall, Pitt Street, Preston, PR1 8XB
Received 8 Sept 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 Lancashire County 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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