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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
INACTIVE LANDFILL SITE WITHIN HILLHOUSE BUSINESS PARK, LAND EAST OF FLEETWOOD ROAD, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 18 Jan 2012HIGHFIELD NURSERY SCHOOL WRIGHT STREET CHORLEY
Received 2 Feb 2009419 POULTON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 19 Oct 2007MARSDEN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OFF WALVERDEN ROAD, BRIERFIELD, NELSON
Received 26 Mar 2009ECCLESTON BRIDGE CHORLEY
Received 29 Jan 2004Whitemoss Landfill Site, White Moss Road South, Skelmersdale, WN8 9TH
Received 17 Apr 2026Hoyles Lane, Cottam, Preston to Lea Gate Pumping Station, North of Blackpool Road, Lea , Preston
Received 27 Sept 2023PRIMET WORKS, GREENFIELD ROAD, COLNE
Received 3 Oct 2016DUNALD MILL QUARRY, LONG DALES LANE, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH
Received 8 Feb 2022Leapers Wood Quarry, Kellet Road, Carnforth, LA6 1BP
Received 28 May 2024GARSTANG ROAD POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 16 May 1957BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF BONNY BARN ROAD, HUNDRED END, BANKS THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO AMEND THE ABOVE APPLICATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: UNDERTAKING A SPECIALISED RESERVOIR DIAGNOSTICS PROGRAMME AT FOUR LEVELS WITHIN THE WELL TO DETERMINE RECOVERABILITY OF NATURAL GAS THE ADDITIONAL TESTING WOULD COMMENCE IN LATE JULY 2013 FOR A PERIOD OF BETWEEN 60 -90 DAYS THE SITE WOULD BE RESTORED BY 28 SEPTEMBER 2014
Received 19 Sept 2012AINSDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MEADOW LANE, SOUTHPORT
Received 11 Sept 2017PENDLE VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL, GIBFIELD ROAD, COLNE
Received 8 Oct 2008Salt Ayre Landfill Site, Ovangle Road, Lancaster
Received 18 Oct 1996FIELD TO WEST OF ROSEACRE VILLAGE, ROSEACRE, NR KIRKHAM
Received 7 Feb 2017SALT AYRE LANDFILL SITE OVANGLE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 2 Dec 2004BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY, PRESTON
Received 2 Sept 2019BENTHEAD AND MANSFIELD HIGH PLAYING FIELDS WALVERDEN AND ELLAND ROAD NELSON
Received 3 Jan 2008HIGHFIELD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL WRIGHT STREET CHORLEY
Received 4 Mar 2005GISBURN ROAD COMMUNITY PRIMARY GISBURN ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 15 Apr 2011HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE ABBEY LANE BURSCOUGH
Received 30 Jan 2006WOODLANDS CARE HOME CLAYTON-LE-MOORS
Received 16 Apr 2004LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY CARNFORTH
Received 9 Sept 2008Records 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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