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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 25 Sept 2012LEYLAND WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK SUSTAINABILITY WAY LEYLAND
Received 30 Jun 2010MOORSIDE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 27 Jun 2005BARTON C OF E SCHOOL JEPPS AVENUE BARTON PRESTON
Received 28 Jun 2010MOOR PARK BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE SCHOOL, MOOR PARK AVENUE, PRESTON
Received 6 Nov 2009OPPOSITE STATION HOUSE AT THE JUNCTION OF LANCASTER ROAD AND HEAD DYKE LANE NEAR PILLING
Received 11 Dec 2007CLAUGHTON MOOR QUARRY CATON LANCASTER
Received 18 Apr 2005ROSSENDALE PET CREMATORIUM, CO-OPERATION STREET, CRAWSHAWBOOTH.
Received 9 Nov 2015PEAR TREE SCHOOL STATION ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 28 Jun 2010BROUGHTON BYPASS, PRESTON
Received 9 Nov 2020LAND SOUTH OF A6177/HOLDEN MILL HOUSE HASLINGDEN
Received 9 Oct 2003ALSTON HALL COLLEGE ALSTON LANE ALSTON LONGRIDGE PRESTON
Received 3 Jan 2003Ashton County Primary School, Caretakers House, Ainsdale Drive, Preston
Received 14 Nov 20223 Pinfold Place Skelmersdale
Received 7 Apr 1998COUNTY HALL COMPLEX PITT STREET PRESTON
Received 12 Feb 2004PLUNGINGTON YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE BROOK STREET PRESTON
Received 22 Apr 2004SIR TOM FINNEY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE, PRESSTON.
Received 30 Nov 2021RIDGE COMMUNITY PRIMARY KESWICK ROAD LANCASTER
Received 11 Oct 2007SIR TOM FINNEY COMMUITY HIGH SCHOOL MOOR PARK, PRESTON
Received 21 Nov 2008BURN HALL WASTE TRANSFER STATION, UNIT 8 BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 25 Jun 2021BORWICK HALL OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE BORWICK CARNFORTH
Received 8 Sept 2005LITTLE DIGMOOR PRIMARY SCHOOL ABBYSTEAD SKELMERSDALE
Received 7 Aug 2009HUNCOAT PRIMARY SCHOOL LYNWOOD ROAD HUNCOAT ACCRINGTON
Received 9 Apr 2009SPRINGWOOD CHILDRENS CENTRE ABBEY ROAD WHALLEY CLITHEROE
Received 4 Oct 2010Records 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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