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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 26 Mar 2014Hapton Valley Transfer Station, Accrington Road, Hapton, Burnley
Received 15 Dec 2022SANDONS FARM ADLINGTON CHORLEY
Received 30 Dec 2004WESTGATE CP SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 10 Jul 2013HARRIS PRIMARY WYCHNOR FULWOOD
Received 10 Jun 2010RISHTON NORDEN HIGH SCHOOL STOURTON STREET RISHTON
Received 20 Mar 2003TORRISHOLME COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL LOW LANE TORRISHOLME MORECAMBE
Received 7 Jan 2004CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 2 Apr 2001ST AIDENS C OF E SCHOOL LARCH GROVE BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 7 Oct 2003Skerton Family Centre, Sefton Drive, Lancaster, LA1 2QD
Received 20 Mar 2026ST THOMAS' C OF E SCHOOL KEPPLE LANE GARSTANG
Received 30 Aug 2005SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL OXFORD ROAD BURNLEY WOOD BURNLEY
Received 22 Mar 2004WEST QUARRY APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 6 Oct 1980FORMER DEERPLAY COLLIERY ADJACENT TO DEERPLAY INN
Received 7 Jun 1999CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS
Received 20 May 1988HESKETH BANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, HESKETH BANK
Received 21 May 2012WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 Feb 2009CROW ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE CHAPEL HOUSE SKELMERSDALE
Received 19 Aug 2009ELSWICK GENERATION STATION, OFF ROSEACRE ROAD, ROSEACRE.
Received 16 Oct 2012DUNALD MILL QUARRY, LONG DALES LANE, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH
Received 13 Oct 2021WESTBY LANDFILL SITE ANNAS ROAD OFF PEEL ROAD WESTBY
Received 10 Jan 2003WESTGATE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 23 Jul 2015ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE ALDWYCH DRIVE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 1 Sept 2008LAND TO THE WEST OF JAMESON ROAD
Received 16 Feb 1996Records 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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