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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
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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.
PENWORTHAM GOLF CLUB OFF A59 VIA CROOKINGS LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 6 Mar 2013FORMER HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE HEYS STREET INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ALAN RAMSBOTTOM WAY GREAT HARWOOD
Received 21 Sept 2012ST PETERS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE SIMONSTONE
Received 6 Jun 2003WOODLANDS RESOURCE CENTRE 155 ST ANDREW'S ROAD SOUTH ST ANNES
Received 14 Jul 2008High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 27 Sept 1951ADLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL PARK ROAD ADLINGTON CHORLEY
Received 2 Feb 2009High roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received Not publishedWHINNEY HILL LANDFILL GAS PROJECT WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM
Received 2 Mar 2012GREAT WOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL BEAUFORT ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 28 Feb 2007SUNNYBANK DAY CENTRE MARQUIS STREET KIRKHAM
Received 13 Sept 2002ST JAMES C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE WESTHEAD ORMSKIRK
Received 2 Aug 20063 - 4 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 3 Dec 2014FOGGS FARM, HOBBS LANE, CLAUGHTON ON BROCK.
Received 15 Nov 2016SALEWHEEL GRAVEL WORKS SALESBURY
Received 27 Jan 1947HIGHWAYS VERGE, JUNCTION OF MAINS LANE AND LODGE LANE, LITTLE SINGLETON
Received 11 Jun 2012FOULRIDGE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, FOULRIDGE.COLNE
Received 24 Sept 2020BLACKBURN WWTW CUERDALE LANE SAMLESBURY PRESTON
Received 11 Jun 2007SALTCOTES ROAD LYTHAM
Received 14 Mar 1977ABBEY LANE HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE ABBEY LANE BURSCOUGH
Received 26 Nov 2002RIVERSIDE WASTE TRANSFER AND RECYCLING CENTRE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 31 Aug 2011LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 22 May 2003LCES DEPOT GRANGE ROAD SINGLETON
Received 28 Jul 2010CRAB TREE LANE
Received 26 Oct 1968HIGHER WALTON PRIMARY SCHOOL ROSEWOOD AVENUE HIGHER WALTON PRESTON
Received 8 Sept 2009Records 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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