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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
AINSDALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, MEADOW LANE, HALSALL
Received 26 Sept 2022BACK LANE QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 6 Apr 2009RAILWAY SIDINGS, OFF BROWNEDGE ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 14 Jun 201146 HENDERSON STREET, PRESTON
Received 20 Dec 2017MARSDEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL PERCY STREET NELSON
Received 30 Nov 2007YEALAND C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, FOOTERAN LANE, YEALAND CONYERS, CARNFORTH
Received 19 Jun 2014WOODNOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL HUDSON STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 26 Nov 2003Lord Street County Primary School Lord Street Colne
Received 25 Jan 2002LAND ADJACENT TO A583 KIRKHAM BYPASS, DOWBRIDGE
Received 9 Mar 2011Land to the North of Myles Standish Way, Heath Charnock, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 3FT
Received 4 Sept 2026HOTHERSALL LODGE FIELD CENTRE HOTHERSALL LANE HOTHERSALL
Received 24 Oct 2011FORMER PARK HOTEL COMPLEX, EAST CLIFF, PRESTON
Received 12 Mar 2020FIRE STATION CLARK STREET MORECAMBE
Received 5 Aug 2005UNDERBROW FARM HASLINGDEN
Received 19 Sept 2006BOWGREAVE RISE, GARSTANG ROAD, BOWGREAVE, GARSTANG
Received 19 Aug 2021TRINITY CE METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, BROOKWOOD WAY, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY
Received 6 May 2016GARSTANG HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE CLAUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE GARSTANG ROAD CLAUGHTON-ON-BROCK
Received 26 Nov 2002ST MARKS PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTHPORT ROAD, SCARISBRICK, ORMSKIRK
Received 17 Dec 2013HUTCH BANK QUARRY, HUTCH BANK ROAD, HASLINGDEN
Received 12 Nov 2019LANCASHIRE COLLEGE SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 23 Jan 2004WADDINGTON FELL QUARRIES, WADDINGTON.
Received 10 Oct 1975CASTLE CEMENT LTD RIBBLESDALE WORKS CLITHEROE
Received 4 Jul 2002ST GEORGE'S PRIMARY SCHOOL, CARR LANE, CHORLEY
Received 17 May 2016Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane
Received 17 Nov 2025Records 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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