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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 21 Nov 2006MIDDLETON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 1 Dec 1997CHORLEY MARISTRATES COURT THE COURTHOUSE 59 ST THOMAS' ROAD CHORLEY
Received 3 Dec 2003UNIT D6 LONGRIDGE ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 11 Sept 2012JAMESON ROAD - WESTERN BOUNDARY
Received 25 Jun 1977HAMELDON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FORMERLY ST HILDAS AND BLESSED TRINITY) COAL CLOUGH LANE BURNLEY
Received 24 Sept 2008ROSEWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROSEWOOD AVENUE, BURNLEY
Received 2 Apr 2014LAND ADJACENT TO PENWORTHAM GOLF COURSE OFF GLENEAGLES DRIVE PENWORTHAM PRESTON
Received 26 Nov 2002LAND TO THE REAR OF 76 AND 78 FAIRFIELD STREET, SPRING HILL, ACCRINGTON
Received 5 Nov 2014ALSTON HALL COLLEGE ALSTON LANE ALSTON LONGRIDGE PRESTON
Received 3 Feb 2004Colne Primet Academy, Dent Street, Colne
Received 3 Mar 2023SPRING HILL COMMUNITY PRIMARY EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 2 Nov 2010WEST QUARRY APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 12 Aug 1981MOSS ROSE PIGGERIES DICKIES LANE MARTON BLACKPOOL
Received 27 Jun 2002PEAR TREE SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, KIRKHAM.
Received 16 Sept 2014ST VERONICA'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL RAVEN AVENUE HELMSHORE
Received 21 Oct 2002HOLME SLACK CP SCHOOL, MANOR HOUSE LANE, PRESTON
Received 16 Aug 2017LYTHAM ST ANNES HIGH TECHNOLOGY & PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE, WORSLEY ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 23 Jun 2011EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON Springhill school
Received 16 Jul 2002ALSTOM TRANSPORT WEST STRAND PRESTON
Received 18 Oct 2010Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 15 Nov 2023REEDLEY CP SCHOOL, REEDLEY CP SCHOOL, REEDLEY ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 12 Sept 2012LAND BETWEEN WOODPLUMPTON ROAD AND WALKER LANE PRESTON
Received 16 Dec 2009WHITE CROSS BUSINESS PARK, SOUTH ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 27 Sept 2021Records 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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