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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
ABBEY VILLAGE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOLTON ROAD, ABBEY VILLAGE
Received 20 Jul 2021RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL KESWICK ROAD
Received 8 May 2006BANKFIELD QUARRY CHATBURN
Received 6 Mar 2003UNIT 2 , SCAFELL ROAD, QUEENSWAY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ST ANNES
Received 24 Jun 2013BRINSCALL QUARRY TWISTMOOR LANE BRINSCALL
Received 29 Nov 2002Hoyles Lane, Cottam, Preston to United Utilities, Lea Gate Pumping Station, Blackpool Road, Lea, Preston
Received 24 Jan 2024MIDGELAND FARM LANDFILL SITE MIDGELAND ROAD MARTON
Received 24 Jun 2011HARRIS PRIMARY SCHOOL WYNCHNOR FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 12 Mar 2008125 PARK ROAD PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 5 Mar 2012STEEL POINT STAVELEY ROAD, SKELMERSDALE
Received 27 Jul 2015WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 25 Jun 1985LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS
Received 6 May 2003WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 Feb 2016MILTON STREET YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE MILTON STREET FLEETWOOD
Received 15 Nov 2007PREESALL BRINEFIELD - BURROWS FARM, STALMINE
Received 24 Apr 1977LAND ADJACENT TO A583 KIRKHAM BYPASS, DOWBRIDGE, FYLDE
Received 31 May 2011Little Tooter
Received 14 Apr 1998NEWHOUSE STEPPING STONES SLAIDBURN
Received 29 Mar 2006HEYSHAM LIBRARY 396-398 HEYSHAM ROAD HEYSHAM
Received 14 Aug 2007COBBS BROW PRIMARY SCHOOL MANFIELD SKELMERSDALE
Received 15 Jan 2010Lea Road and Sidgreaves Lane, Preston
Received 21 Dec 2023GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 26 Jul 2010WELLFIELD CE CHURCH SCHOOL WELLFIELD DRIVE BURNLEY
Received 11 Jul 2008HEYSHAM M6 LINK
Received 28 Oct 2014Records 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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