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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
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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.
HASLAM PARK NORTH OFF TOM BENSON WAY PRESTON
Received 4 Sept 2003ELLEL QUARRY BAY HORSE ROAD HAMPSON GREEN LANCASTER
Received 31 Oct 2007SURE START TANHOUSE AND DIGMOOR ENNERDALE TANHOUSE SKELMERSDALE
Received 14 Apr 2005ARKHOLME C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAIN STREET, ARKHOLME, CARNFORTH
Received 23 Feb 2015APPLEY BIOMASS TO ENERGY LTD DEPOT, WEST QUARRY RAILWAY PAD, APPLEY LANE NORTH, APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 7 Sept 2015TREASURERS BLOCK, COUNTY HALL, PRESTON,
Received 19 Aug 2008LANEHEAD QUARRY, RIBBLESDALE WORKS, CLITHEROE.
Received 17 Oct 2012East of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 13 Nov 2005MOSS SIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, PARADISE LANE, LEYLAND.
Received 19 Feb 2014TRUMACAR NURSERY AND COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, COMBERMERE ROAD, HIGHER HEYSHAM, MORECAMBE
Received 28 Sept 2015POND STREET CARNFORTH
Received 28 Jun 2004ST PETERS C E SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET, BURNLEY
Received 13 May 2019BURN HALL SITE WITHIN THE FORMER ICI HILLHOUSE WORKS THORNTON
Received 15 Sept 2004WHITEGATE CHILDREN'S CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, PADIHAM, BURNLEY.
Received 12 Dec 2013Fylde Family Day Centre, Sydney Street, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1TR
Received 15 Mar 2007THE BRECK PRIMARY SCHOOL FOULDREY AVENUE POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 7 Nov 2007ADJACENT TO WAGON AND HORSES ADLINGTON CHORLEY
Received 8 Sept 2004COTESTONES LANDFILL SITE WARTON CARNFORTH
Received 17 Jul 1997RAKEHEAD HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE RAKEHEAD LANE BACUP
Received 26 Nov 2002Elswick Wastewater Treatment Works, Land to South of the B5269, Elswick
Received 4 Jan 2023Oswaldtwistle School, 50 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Burnley, BB5 3DA
Received 7 Sept 2026GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, RUSHTON STREET, GREAT HARWOOD, BLACKBURN
Received 24 Apr 20136 CHORLEY HALL ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 28 Mar 2011WELLFIELD BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE, YEWLANDS DRIVE, LEYLAND, PRESTON
Received 6 Mar 2007Records 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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