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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
DALTON QUARRY, LEES LANE, DALTON.
Received 6 Feb 2013LAND COMPRISING OF NEW LEA HALL FARM AND WALLEND ROAD RIVERSWAY PRESTON
Received 21 Oct 2008ELLEL CRAG QUARRY, BAY HORSE ROAD, ELLEL, LANCASTER
Received 10 Jun 2019ST LEONARDS C OF E PRIMARY, MOOR LANE, PADIHAM, BURNLEY.
Received 30 Sept 2013410 SOUTHPORT ROAD, SCARISBRICK
Received 26 Aug 2021Hankinsons Farm, Moss Side Lane, Poulton le Fylde
Received 23 Aug 20234 ENTERPRISE WAY BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE THORNTON
Received 18 Oct 2004STANAH PRIMARY SCHOOL LAMBS ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 22 Nov 2004SITA UK LTD SALT AYRE LANE LANCASTER
Received 22 Sept 2008LAND OFF SYDNEY STREET, ACCRINGTON
Received 8 May 2014ROEBUCK COUNTY SCHOOL INKERMAN STREET PRESTON
Received 10 Oct 2002LORDS QUARRY FORTY ACRE LANE LONGRIDGE
Received 25 Sept 1999KENNINGTON ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL KENNINGTON ROAD FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 17 Nov 2006WESTBY LANDFILL SITE ANNAS ROAD OFF PEEL ROAD WESTBY
Received 10 Jan 2003HASLAM PARK NORTH OFF TOM BENSON WAY PRESTON
Received 29 Apr 2003DALTON QUARRY LEES LANE DALTON
Received 27 Apr 2009SANDYLANDS COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL HAMPTON ROAD HEYSHAM MORECAMBE
Received 1 Aug 2007FISHWICK PARADE 48-54 FISHWICK PARADE
Received 28 Jul 2006REEDLEY COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, REEDLEY ROAD, BRIERFIELD
Received 22 Jul 2015Edge End High School Hibson Road Nelson
Received 28 Jan 2002OSBALDESTON PUMPING STATION COMMON LANE OSBALDESTON
Received 9 Dec 2005FLETCHER BANK QUARRY, MANCHESTER ROAD, RAMSBOTTOM
Received 13 Aug 2013MORECAMBE HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARY FENCE FROM ARNSIDE CRESCENT TO ST ANDREWS GROVE
Received 16 Jan 2006FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD.
Received 17 Feb 2015Records 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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