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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MOORGATE NURSERY SCHOOL MOORGATE ORMSKIRK
Received 12 May 2006PARK ROYAL HAULAGE LTD WHINNEY HILL QUARRY WHINNEY HILL ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 13 Feb 2013AUGHTON ST MICHAELS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL DELPH PARK AVENUE AUGHTON
Received 20 May 2003MOSS SIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, PARADISE LANE, MOSS SIDE, LEYLAND
Received 21 Mar 2017BELLFIELD HOUSE 173 EUSTON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 25 Nov 2005EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON Springhill school
Received 5 Mar 2003LAND AT LITTLE QUARRY, HILL TOP LANE, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 20 Aug 2018LANCASTER COMMUNITY HOME 234 BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 8 Nov 2004CLIFTON MARSH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, PRESTON NEW ROAD, FRECKLETON
Received 23 Nov 2017CARELTON GREEN CP SCHOOL, ARUNDEL DRIVE, POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 21 Sept 2011CAR PARK AT JUNCTION OF BULK ROAD AND PARLIAMENT STREET, LANCASTER
Received 30 Jul 2012FRENCHWOOD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, FRENCHWOOD KNOLL, PRESTON
Received 27 Nov 2015LANCASTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, STODDAY LANE, LANCASTER
Received 11 Nov 2021LYTHAM HALL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTH PARK, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 20 Jan 2012LAND OFF LYDIATE LANE CUERDEN
Received 11 Sept 2007Land to the North of Myles Standish Way, Heath Charnock, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 3FT
Received 13 Aug 2026MORECAMBE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MAIN AVENUE, MIDDLETON
Received 11 Apr 2018Stoneyholme Community Primary School, Oswald Street, Burnley
Received 12 Mar 2007RHYDDINGS HIGH SCHOOL LAND OFF COALPIT LANE OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 26 May 2004PINGWOOD LANE SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK KIRKBY LIVERPOOL
Received 29 Nov 2007Lancaster Lane Community Primary School Hunters Road Clayton-le-Woods Chorley
Received 7 Nov 2001MANOR BEACH COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANOR DRIVE, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 29 Jul 202245 - 49 ROUGH HEY ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PRESTON
Received 2 Oct 2006NORTH OF MELLISHAW LANE, WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
Received 5 Aug 2021Records 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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