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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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WARTON WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION LYTHAM ROAD WARTON
Received 5 Apr 2011155 ST ANDREWS ROAD SOUTH LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 27 Jul 2009Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 22 Jun 2026SHAROE GREEN LIBRARY SHAROE GREEN LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 1 Jul 2008MAINS LANE, BETWEEN LITTLE SINGLETON AND SKIPPOOL
Received 9 May 2013PITTFIELD FARM FLEETWOOD ROAD SINGLETON
Received 8 Jul 2008THORNTON WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK, ENTERPRISE ROAD, OFF FLEETWOOD ROAD NORTH, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 10 Sept 2012CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON
Received 13 Jan 2015RED MARSH SCHOOL, HOLLY ROAD, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 11 Jul 2012RICHARD DURNING ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL CHORLEY ROAD BISPHAM ORMSKIRK
Received 21 Mar 2011LOYNE SPECIALIST SCHOOL, SEFTON DRIVE, LANCASTER
Received 13 Feb 2013CHAUCER PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAUCER ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 2 May 2012WORSTHORNE PRIMARY BROWNSIDE ROAD BURNLEY
Received 13 Jan 2010EARBY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE NEW ROAD EARBY COLNE
Received 22 Nov 2005Bradleys Sand Pit, Lightfoot Green Lane, Preston, PR4 0AP
Received 20 Mar 2026CLAYTON BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL GREAT GREENS LANE BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 2 May 2012GIFT HALL FARM
Received 12 Nov 1973NABS HEAD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS
Received 23 Apr 2020CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE, DAWSON LANE, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY
Received 5 Jan 2015GOLDEN HILL SCHOOL EARNSHAW DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 23 Jan 2013FOULRIDGE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, FOULRIDGE, COLNE
Received 30 Jan 2019BANKFIELD QUARRY PIMLOCO LINK ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 29 Feb 2008EASDEN CLOUGH MORSE STREET BURNLEY
Received 6 Aug 2020SPRINGFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL OXFORD ROAD BURNLEY WOOD BURNLEY
Received 22 Jan 2004Records 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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