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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
ENFORCEMENT APPEAL CHATBURN OLD ROAD CHATBURN
Received 1 Oct 2020Highfield Farm Fisheries, Ghants Lane, Hambleton
Received 4 Jul 2023SHAKESPEARE PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANOR ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 25 Jul 2012LEYLAND WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK SUSTAINABILITY WAY LEYLAND
Received 25 Jun 2010Wigan and Skelmersdale Waste Water Treatment Works
Received 30 Jan 2026SPRINGHILL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 17 Aug 2004REEDLEY COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, REEDLEY ROAD, BRIERFIELD
Received 16 Nov 2015CATON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BROADACRE CATON
Received 21 Feb 2006BRADLEYS SANDPIT LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE PRESTON
Received 19 Aug 2005BROOK LANE PUMPING STATION CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 29 Mar 2006LOWER BURGH LANDFILL SITE, CHORLEY
Received 7 Jan 1981ST JOHNS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL FLAMSTEAD BIRCH GREEN SKELMERSDALE
Received 12 Feb 2007ANDERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL BABYLON LANE ADLINGTON CHORELY
Received 24 Nov 2004BANKFIELD QUARRY CHATBURN
Received 6 Mar 2003THORNTON HOUSE TEAL CLOSE OFF MAYFIELD AVENUE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 20 Nov 2003LANCASTER ROAD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 14 Dec 2015GRACEMIRE FARM, TREALES ROAD, NEWTON WITH CLIFTON
Received 7 Jan 2019ELMERS GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL, ELMERS WOOD ROAD, TANHOUSE, SKELMERSDALE, WN8 6DW,
Received 27 Dec 2007FACTORY LANE PRESTON
Received 13 May 2003DUKE STREET PRIMARY AND NURSERY DUKE STREET CHORLEY
Received 12 Jan 2007PADIHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 13 May 2004CLAYTON BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL GREAT GREENS LANE CLAYTON BROOK PRESTON
Received 6 Jan 2004Sandons Farm Quarry, Off Wigan Lane, Adlington, Chorley, PR7 4DL
Received 22 Jun 2026BLEASDALE HOUSE SCHOOL, EMESGATE LANE, SILVERDALE
Received 28 May 2019Records 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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