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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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WESTGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 19 Jun 2014DALLAS ROAD PRIMARY HIGH STREET LANCASTER
Received 8 Apr 2009LEYLAND YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND
Received 7 Mar 2014LAND AT STANAH CLOUGH RIVER ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 30 Oct 1963HELMSHORE PRIMARY SCHOOL GREGORY FOLD HELMSHORE
Received 9 May 2007CLAUGHTON MOOR QUARRY, LANCASHIRE
Received 12 May 2017ST STEPHENS SCHOOL SOUTH MEADOW LANE PRESTON
Received 4 Mar 2009LAND 160M NORTH OF HOLLAND LODGE LONG LANE HEATH CHARNOCK
Received 31 Mar 2010EARBY SPRINGFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL, BAILEY STREET, EARBY
Received 2 Jun 2014SHAKESPEARE PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANOR ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 14 Jun 2017UNITS 2 AND 3 RINGTAIL PLACE BURSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURSCOUGH
Received 18 Nov 2004SALTCOTES BROW LANCASTER
Received 9 Nov 2001GISBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS GISBURN ROAD GISBURN
Received 8 Jul 2002THE LOYNE SCHOOL, SEFTON DRIVE, LANCASTER.
Received 8 Feb 2013RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 11 Aug 1986Moss Farm, Salwick Road, Newton With Clifton, PR4 0SD
Received 10 Mar 2025LYNWOOD, BLACKPOOL ROAD, NEWTON, PRESTON
Received 10 Sept 2013TOWER HOUSE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 19 Dec 2016CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORK COMMON BANK LANE EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 6 Mar 2003TOWER HOUSE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 5 Oct 2018WATER PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD EAST WATER RAWTENSTALL
Received 27 Apr 2007NETHER KELLET WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS MAIN ROAD NETHER KELLET
Received 5 May 2004SPRING HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 15 Nov 2005GERMAN LANE, CHARNOCK RICHARD, PLOT NOS. 69 AND 70
Received 25 Jun 1963Records 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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