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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TARLETON CP SCHOOL HESKETH LANE TARLETON
Received 5 Aug 2003BELLMAN QUARRY CLITHEROE
Received 19 Jul 1996OAKENCLOUGH MILL, SCORTON
Received 26 Feb 2018BAINSBECK FARM MAIN ROAD ARKHOLME
Received 15 Dec 2004FORMER GARSTANG HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE, BROCKHOLES WAY, CLAUGHTON, CATTERALL
Received 3 Nov 2014PUBLIC OPEN SPACE SOUTH RAILWAY TERRACE AND HAMELDON VIEW, GREAT HARWOOD
Received 15 Dec 2009STAGHILLS CHILDRENS CENTRE, TOP BARN LANE, ROSSENDALE
Received 6 Mar 2012WHALLEY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL,CHURCH LANE, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 3 Jan 2018COG LANE BURNLEY
Received 8 Feb 2005LAND SOUTH OF THE SPICE ROOM RISING BRIDGE ROAD ROSSENDALE
Received 28 Jun 2011ST ANTHONYS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL ST ANTHONYS DRIVE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 18 May 2010ENVIRO SKIPS RAKEHEAD LANE STACKSTEADS BACUP
Received 11 Oct 2011TRIPLE C SKIPS UNIT 13 MOORFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CLAYTON LE MOORS
Received 12 Nov 2009SCHOLA GREEN WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION, SCHOLA GREEN LANE, MORECAMBE TO MORECAMBE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMPRESSION ROAD, HEYSHAM
Received 30 Nov 2015LANESHAWBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL EMMOTT LANE LANESHAW BRIDGE COLNE
Received 11 Aug 2011BURNLEY WWTW WOODEND ROAD REEDLEY BURNLEY
Received 10 Jun 2011LAND OFF OLD LANGHO ROAD LANGHO BLACKBURN
Received 20 May 2020TATHAM FELLS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL LOWGILL LANCASTER
Received 13 Dec 2002SANDONS FARM, SANDY LANE, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 5 Feb 2013WESTWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL WESTWOOD ROAD CLAYTON BROOK BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 2 May 2003BRICKCROFT SHIP ROAD GLASSON LANCASTER
Received 6 Aug 2002MIDGELAND FARM CLOSE LANDFILL SITE WILDE LANE LYTHAM
Received 26 Apr 200639 BELVEDERE ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS BLACKPOOL
Received 17 Dec 2004NEW REED BRIDGE CHORLEY
Received 19 Jan 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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