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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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Received 30 Sept 2011FORMER BROCKHOLES QUARRY OFF PRESTON ROAD SAMLESBURY PRESTON
Received 27 Apr 2009BROCKHOLES WOOD SCHOOL BRANT ROAD PRESTON
Received 15 May 2003MOOR HEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, FAR CROFT, LOSTOCK HALL, PRESTON
Received 15 May 2015LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OLD ALDCLIFFE LANE STODDAY LANCASTER
Received 11 Dec 2009MORECAMBE HIGH SCHOOL DALLAM AVENUE MORECAMBE
Received 31 Jul 2008WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE
Received 28 Apr 2003GRASSED AREA ADJACENT TO CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 4 Feb 2008Plot CL5, Hillhouse Business Park, West Road, Fleetwood
Received 12 Jul 2024Forton Wastewater Treatment Works, Hollins Lane, Forton
Received 31 Oct 2024STAGHILLS NURSERY TOP BARN LANE NEWCHURCH
Received 23 Feb 2011WEST END PRIMARY SCHOOL CHATWORTH ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 29 Jun 2010UNIT 21-22 ROMAN WAY LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 21 Aug 2020CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON
Received 5 Apr 2012UNIT 1 LINDRED ROAD LOMESHAYE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NELSON
Received 3 Jan 2012SHAKESPEARE PRIMARY SCHOOL MANOR ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 10 Feb 2005CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMMON BANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 25 Nov 2020WHITWORTH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, HALL STREET, WHITWORTH.
Received 13 Jan 2014MORECAMBE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMPRESSION ROAD, HEYSHAM
Received 17 Sept 2014BROADFIELD SCHOOL FIELDING LANE OSWALDTWISTLE ACCRINGTON
Received 28 Jun 2010CHORLEY MAYFIELD SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 18 Dec 2014SANDONS FARM, SANDY LANE, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 15 Jul 2016PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET, PRESTON
Received 22 Dec 2016BURNLEY FAMILY SUPPORT RESOURCE CENTRE MORSE STREET BURNLEY
Received 5 Feb 2009Records 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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