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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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CANNON HYGIENE/OCS GROUP LIMITED NORTHGATE WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LANCASTER
Received 7 Jan 2003High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 14 Aug 1989ROOLEY MOOR ROAD STACKSTEADS ROSSENDALE
Received 26 Apr 1989CROW WOOD FARM BURNLEY
Received 31 Mar 2003ASHTON COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL AINSDALE DRIVE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 21 May 2003HIGHER SEED LEE BARN BRINDLE ROAD BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 23 May 2012SOUTHFIELD LANE LAY-BY, SOUTHFIELD LANE, CATLOW
Received 4 May 2021BARNOLDSWICK C OF E PRIMARY KELBROOK ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 3 May 2013WEETON PRIMARY SCHOOL GRANTHAM ROAD WEETON PRESTON
Received 19 Oct 2004LAND OFF BLACKBURN ROAD INTACK OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 6 Nov 2007HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOOD LANE, GREAT ALTCAR
Received 8 Aug 201633 HORNBY ROAD CATON
Received 27 Jun 2005High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 21 Apr 1964MARGARET HOUSE HUYTON ROAD ADLINGTON
Received 15 Dec 2004SHAKESPEARE PRIMARY MANOR ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 18 Jan 2008CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 27 Oct 1999WHITEMOSS HORTICULTURE, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KNOWSLEY INDUSTRIAL PARK, KIRKBY
Received 19 Sept 2017WESTGATE CHILDRENS CENTRE, WESTGATE CP SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 28 Jul 2010LAND OFF ALDON ROAD POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 28 May 1999ELDON STREET PRIMARY, ELDON STREET, PRESTON
Received 30 Apr 2013CHIPPING WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS LONGRIDGE ROAD CHIPPING PRESTON
Received 6 May 2022TONACLIFFE PRIMARY SCHOOL TONNACLIFFE ROAD WHITWORTH
Received 5 Dec 2002Ribblesdale Works, West Bradford Road, Clitheroe
Received 18 Jul 2023ST MARYS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL WHALLEY ROAD, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 8 May 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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