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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 25 Mar 1958JAMESON ROAD - WHOLE SITE.
Received 27 Aug 1999POOL HOUSE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, KIDSGROVE, TANTERTON, INGOL, PRESTON
Received 28 May 2013HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL, BROADWAY, HASLINGDEN.
Received 15 Jul 2015High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 15 Aug 1962LAND BETWEEN 289 & 415 BURNLEY ROAD (PENDLE MAIN BASE)
Received 15 Aug 2006COLNE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, REGENT STREET, COLNE
Received 1 Aug 2019LAND OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD OPPOSITE FURTHER LANE MELLOR
Received 6 Dec 2002WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, DEANS LANE, LATHOM
Received 7 Oct 2016WHITE CROSS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, THE GATEHOUSE RESTAURANT, SOUTH ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 16 Feb 2019ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL, HARRINGTON ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 2 Oct 2018MERE BROW WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS MERE BROW LANE OFF A565 MERE BROW
Received 29 Apr 2003NORTHERN PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD BACUP
Received 12 May 2004QUEENS DRIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL BLACK BULL LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 9 Jun 2010FORD QUARRY BACUP ROAD BURNLEY
Received 21 Dec 1989LAND SOUTH OF A6177 HOLDEN MILL HOUSE HASLINGDEN
Received 19 Jan 2004LAND AT STANAH CLOUGH OFF RIVER ROAD THORNTON
Received 25 Jul 1963PENDLE VALE OXFORD ROAD NELSON
Received 23 Feb 2009HORROCKSBANK FARM HORROCKSFORD CLITHEROE
Received 25 Sept 2003BALDERSTONE LANE HEASANDFORD BURNLEY
Received 29 Jul 2010SABDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL WHALLEY ROAD SABDEN
Received 3 Jan 2003Lea Community Primary School, Greavestown Lane, Preston
Received 16 Jan 2024LAND FORMING PART OF FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 25 Jan 2010235 BRUNSHAW ROAD BURNLEY
Received 3 Mar 2010Records 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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