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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
PADIHAM CP SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 21 Apr 2005Land at Simonswood Moss, North Perimeter Road, Knowsley Industrial Park, Kirkby
Received 13 Dec 2023STONEFOLD ST JOHN C OF E SCHOOL RISING BRIDGE ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 23 Feb 2011EXISTING FOOTWAY, JUNCTION OF HAWS HILL, A6 LANCASTER ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 28 Sept 2011Greaves Park Nursery School Bowerham Road Lancaster
Received 30 Nov 2001West of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 31 Oct 1972Electricity Generating Plant, Jameson Road, Fleetwood,FY7 8TW
Received 25 Jun 2024WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE BOLTON ROAD WITHNELL CHORLEY
Received 7 Feb 2012High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 12 Nov 1964APPLEY LANDFILL SITE APPLEY LANE NORTH APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 26 Oct 2018LAND ADJACENT TO ST JOHN PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGHAM HALL ROAD, HIGHAM, BURNLEY
Received 27 Jan 2016EAST QUARRY APPLEY LANE NORTH APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 25 Apr 1978GERRARDS FARM HALSALL NR ORMSKIRK
Received 20 Feb 2009LAND AT SIMONSWOOD MOSS NORTH PERMITETER ROAD SIMONSWOOD KIRKBY
Received 8 Apr 2011REAM HILLS FARM MYTHOP ROAD WEETON
Received 25 Nov 2014RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 9 Aug 2019WHINNEY HILL HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING CENTRE WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM
Received 26 Nov 2002TOR VIEW SCHOOL, CLOD LANE, HASLINGDEN
Received 9 Jan 2015GREENLANDS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL DAWNAY ROAD RIBBLETON
Received 28 Jul 2004PADIHAM WHITEGATE NURSERY SCHOOL VICTORIA ROAD PADIHAM
Received 23 Dec 2004Waverledge Street Industrial Complex Great Harwood
Received 5 Nov 1997SEVEN STARS PRIMARY SCHOOL PEACOCK HALL ROAD LEYLAND
Received 28 Jul 2009MORECAMBE(MIDDLETON) WWTW MIDDLETON BUSINESS PARK MIDDLETON
Received 18 Feb 2003ROUGHLEE SCHOOL, BLACKO BAR ROAD, ROUGHLEE
Received 26 Sept 2022Records 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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