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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Cross Hall High School (ORMSKIRK HIGH SCHOOL)Wigan Road Ormskirk
Received 21 Nov 2001NANS NOOK FARM, BAY HORSE, LANCASTER
Received 28 Nov 2011LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK FARINGTON LEYLAND
Received 17 Jul 2006Greendales WWPS Heysham
Received 15 Mar 2000REEDLEY COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, REEDLEY ROAD, REEDLEY, BURNLEY
Received 8 Dec 2020GARSTANG ROAD EAST, POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 3 Nov 2009FORMER LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL HIGHWAYS DEPOT MOORSIDE ROAD CATON
Received 23 May 2002ST JAMES PRIMARY SCHOOL DEVONPORT WAY CHORLEY
Received 11 Aug 2006UNIT 6 & 7 HOLME ROAD CLAYTON LE MOORS ACCRINGTON
Received 5 May 2009CORNER OF BOWERHAM ROAD AND GOLGOTHA ROAD ADJACENT TO 69 BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 27 Feb 2004LITTLE FELL FARM QUERNMORE
Received 31 Aug 2004WOODNOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL HUDSON STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 9 Aug 2004FARINGTON HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE FLENBURG WAY FARINGTON LEYLAND
Received 3 Jun 2008WADE HALL CHILDRENS CENTRE, 75 ROYAL AVENUE, LEYLAND
Received 14 Aug 2014HOLLY GROVE SPECIAL SCHOOL HARROGATE CRESCENT BURNLEY
Received 23 Jul 2008SPRING HILL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 12 Mar 2013LAND OFF CRAG BANK LANE CARNFORTH
Received 10 Feb 2011LANE BOTTOM WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WALVERDEN LANE, LANE BOTTOM
Received 22 Oct 2019HELMSHORE MILLS TEXTILE MUSEUM, HOLCOMBE ROAD, ROSSENDALE
Received 28 Apr 2014ST JAMES THE LESS RC PRIMARY UNITY WAY RAWTENSTALL
Received 7 Jan 2008LAND OFF CRAG BANK LANE, CARNFORTH
Received 24 Oct 2011EARLS WAY /PRINCESS WAY CHORLEY
Received 28 May 2003TARLETON GREEN LANE LINK ROAD
Received 16 Oct 2013WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 13 Jun 2016Records 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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