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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
DAMHEAD BRIDGE BARNOLDSWICK
Received 28 Apr 2003MOORSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 16 Mar 2015CHERRYFOLD PLAYING FIELD ACCESSED BETWEEN NOS 239 & 247 COG LANE BURNLEY
Received 13 Nov 2002WENNINGTON HALL SCHOOL WENNINGTON LANCASTER
Received 8 May 2007LOWER HOUSE JUNIOR SCHOOL LIVERPOOL ROAD BURNLEY
Received 30 Jul 2004PENWORTHAM PRIORY TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE CROWS HILL ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 30 Aug 2007GARSTANG WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS TARNACRE LANE CHURCHTOWN
Received 22 Oct 2012CARTGATE PREESALL
Received 2 Aug 1949LANCASTER ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 22 Sept 2015DUKE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL DUKE STREET CHORLEY
Received 9 Feb 2004INACTIVE LANDFILL SITE WITHIN HILLHOUSE BUSINESS PARK, LAND EAST OF FLEETWOOD ROAD, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 19 Aug 2011BRADLEY NURSERY SCHOOL, BRADLEY ROAD, NELSON
Received 17 Jun 2013SALT AYRE LANDFILL SITE OVANGLE ROAD WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LANCASTER
Received 10 Jun 2002WORDEN SPORTS COLLEGE WESTFIELD DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 21 Jun 2005Vale View Day Centre, Stratford Close, Lancaster, LA1 2JP
Received 6 Mar 2026RAVENHEAD BRICK WORKS, CHEQUER LANE, UP HOLLAND
Received 20 Sept 2017STAR YOUTH CLUB TULKETH CRESCENT ASHTON PRESTON
Received 14 Mar 2008ST MARYS RC PRIMARY DEVONSHIRE DRIVE CLAYTON LE MOORS ACCRINGTON
Received 6 May 2009WEST QUARRY APPLEY BRIDGE PARBOLD
Received 29 Apr 1981COATES LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL KIRKSTALL DRIVE BARNOLDSWICK
Received 9 Jan 2004BURSCOUGH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF NEW LANE BURSCOUGH
Received 2 Dec 2002Ravenhead Quarry, Chequer Lane, Up Holland
Received 11 Dec 2023HYNDBURN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, MILL LANE, GREAT HARWOOD BLACKBURN
Received 4 Aug 2022Land at Woodcock Estate, Farington
Received 19 Nov 2024Records 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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