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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ECCLESTON PRIMARY SCHOOL DOCTORS LANE ECCLESTON CHORLEY
Received 13 Jul 2007BROAD OAK COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL POPE LANE PENWORTHAM PRESTON
Received 7 Jun 2007125 Park Road, Padiham, BB12 7AN
Received 19 Nov 2025HILL TOP COLLIERY SHARNEYFORD BACUP
Received 26 Jul 2011NORDEN HIGH AND SPORTS COLLEGE, STOURTON STREET, RISHTON
Received 25 Jan 2013SURE START, PRESTON WEST, AINSDALE DRIVE, ASHTON ON RIBBLE, PRESTON
Received 17 Sept 2014RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 12 Nov 1985MORECAMBE HIGH SCHOOL DALLAM AVENUE MORECAMBE
Received 3 May 2005Ravenhead Quarry, Chequer Lane, Up Holland, WN8 0DD
Received 22 Oct 2025PENWORTHAM BYPASS - FROM A582 BROAD OAK ROUNDABOUT CONNECTING TO A59 BETWEEN HOWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BLACKHURST COTTAGES.
Received 15 Dec 2016WENNINGTON HALL SCHOOL LODGE LANE WENNINGTON
Received 18 Feb 2005HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL, BROADWAY, HASLINGDEN
Received 24 Oct 2008LAND TO SOUTH OF HARRISONS FARM, OLD SCHOOL LANE, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 30 Dec 2019CHERRYFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL COG LANE BURNLEY
Received 21 Apr 200413 -14 OAKHAM COURT AVENHAM LANE PRESTON
Received 6 Dec 2010EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON Springhill school
Received 5 Mar 2003BARROWFORD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL RUSHTON STREET BARROWFORD NELSON
Received 16 Apr 2007Burnley Waste Water Treatment Works
Received 16 Jul 1998WESTBY LANDFILL SITE ANNAS ROAD WESTBY WITH PLUMPTON
Received 12 Jun 2019SOUTHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, CLOVER ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 25 Jun 2015REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 11 Dec 2015BWS, LINDRED ROAD, BRIERFIELD, NELSON
Received 16 Dec 2021THE GROVE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, STATION APPROACH, BURSCOUGH
Received 17 Oct 2007ROUND O QUARRY, COBBS BROW LANE, LATHOM
Received 4 Mar 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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