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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LIBRARIES MEETING ROOM/HALL AREA, CLITHEROE LIBRARY, CHURCH STREET, CLITHEROE.
Received 30 Oct 2017M55 to Heyhouses link Lytham Moss, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire (Lytham Moss)
Received 9 Mar 2023ST CLARE'S RC SCHOOL SHAROE GREEN LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 10 Apr 2002THE HEADSTART DAY NURSERY AND FLATS, BOW LANE/MARKLAND STREET, PRESTON,
Received 11 Sept 2012RIBBLESDALE NURSERY SCHOOL QUEENS ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 14 Nov 2006ROSSENDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS IRWELL VALE ROAD EWOOD BRIDGE HELMSHORE
Received 1 Jun 2011PEEL PARK COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, ALICE STREET, ACCRINGTON
Received 21 Jun 2022TOR VIEW COMMUNITY PRIMARY CLOD LANE HASLINGDEN
Received 31 Jan 2011WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 Jun 2011CLAUGHTON MOOR QUARRY
Received 26 Apr 1978LAND WEST OF TOMLINSON ROAD, TOMLINSON ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEYLAND
Received 27 Apr 2015EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON Springhill school
Received 5 Mar 2003NELSON BRADLEY NURSERY SCHOOL BRADLEY ROAD NELSON
Received 23 Apr 2003LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL WHALLEY DEPOT RIDDINGS LANE WHALLEY
Received 27 Apr 2006THE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL RUTLAND STREET COLNE
Received 23 Oct 2009ELLEL CRAG QUARRY LANCASTER
Received 13 Aug 2007LAND OPPOSITE BIBBYS FARM, PILLING LANE, PREESALL
Received 31 Aug 2011GREENBRIDGE MILL STATION ROAD PADIHAM
Received 30 Jun 2010PRESTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF A584 CLIFTON MARSH PRESTON
Received 25 Nov 2003ST MARYS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE DRIVE, CLAYTON LE MOORS, ACCRINGTON
Received 19 Dec 2008Whinney Hill & Endenfield Quarries
Received 4 May 1999AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF PLUMPTON HALL FARM TO WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, PRESTON
Received 2 Jul 2018Bowgreave Rise, Garstang Road, Bowgreave
Received 24 Feb 2023LAND OFF FACTORY LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 26 Oct 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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