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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 9A ABBEY LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ABBEY LANE, BURSCOUGH
Received 2 Oct 2017ST MARY'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL HORNCHURCH DRIVE CHORLEY
Received 24 May 2004WELDBANK HOUSE WELDBANK LANE CHORLEY
Received 21 Dec 2009LONGRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL PRESTON ROAD LONGRIDGE
Received 11 Aug 2009HARRIS PRIMARY SCHOOL, WYCHNOR, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 5 Jun 2013HILLAM LANE FARM, HILLAM LANE, COCKERHAM,LANCASTER
Received 17 Sept 2013LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY
Received 31 Oct 2006UNIT 8, HOLME ROAD, CLAYTON LE MOORS
Received 4 Feb 2015HASLINGDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL RYEFIELD AVENUE HASLINGDEN ROSSENDALE
Received 15 Sept 2010LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, STODDAY LANE, LANCASTER
Received 17 Mar 2017ALTHAM LANE HUNCOAT
Received 15 Sept 2009LAND AT DOWNEYFIELD ROAD, HEATON WITH OXCLIFFE, MORECAMBE
Received 8 Aug 2013HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE STATION ROAD RUFFORD
Received 8 Jun 2007LAND OFF PIMLICO ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 19 Aug 2008WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 21 Oct 1996M55 TO HEYHOUSES LINK LYTHAM MOSS LYTHAM T ANNES LANCASHIRE (LYTHAM MOSS)
Received 3 Mar 2022ST PAUL'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL HIBSON ROAD NELSON
Received 4 Jul 2005LANCASHIRE WASTE RECYCLING, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 15 Jul 2015COLNE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, REGENT STREET, COLNE
Received 12 Feb 2016HAPTON C OF E METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANCHESTER ROAD, HAPTON
Received 18 Nov 2016ST THOMAS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL KEPPLE LANE GARSTANG
Received 13 Nov 2006FORMER EDGE END HIGH SCHOOL SITE, HIBSON ROAD, NELSON.
Received 13 Feb 2013Cotestones Landfill Site Warton Carnforth Lancashire
Received 3 Sept 2007DUXBURY PARK GOLF COURSE CHORLEY
Received 24 Oct 2011Records 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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