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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
ST MARYS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL HASLINGDEN OLD ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 12 May 2004INGOL HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE (HWRC) TOM BENSON WAY INGOL PRESTON
Received 12 Feb 2003MOORSIDE SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 20 Dec 201133 HORNBY ROAD CATON
Received 26 May 2009MOORSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BACK LANE, HOLLAND MOOR, SKELMERSDALE
Received 23 Mar 2017ORMSKIRK C OF E PRIMARY GREETBY HILL ORMSKIRK
Received 8 Oct 2010CATLOW QUARRY CATLOW FOLD FARM SOUTHFIELD LANE SOUTHFIELD BURNLEY
Received 23 Dec 2020UNITY COLLEGE LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELDS TOWNELEY HOLME ROAD BURNLEY
Received 30 Jun 2008FAIRFIELD NURSERY SCHOOL FAIRFIELD STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 11 Oct 2005HILLS SALVAGE & RECYCLING LTD, GERRARD PLACE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 8 Mar 2012Dingle Quarry, Long Heys Lane, Dalton, WN8 7RF
Received 25 Apr 2024WHINNEY HILL QUARRY AND LANDFILL SITE WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM ACCRINGTON
Received 14 Jan 2003PINFOLD PRIMARY PINFOLD LANE SCARISBRICK ORMSKIRK
Received 8 Jun 2010PENDLE VIEW SPECIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL, GIB FIELD ROAD, COLNE
Received 27 Apr 2016BRECK PRIMARY SCHOOL, FOUNDREY AVENUE, POULTON-LE-FYLDE.
Received 6 Dec 2013Social Services Office Pimlico Road Clitheroe.
Received 20 Nov 2000CLITHEROE OLD ROAD
Received 15 Sept 1953PINGWOOD LANE SIMONSWOOD KIRKBY
Received 4 Apr 2006SHERDLEY FARM RATTEN LANE HUTTON
Received 30 Apr 1997WHITTLE HILL QUARRY CHORLEY OLD ROAD WHITTLE-LE-WOODS CHORLEY
Received 18 Sept 1990Brookfield School, Fouldrey Avenue, Poulton-le-fylde, FY6 7HE
Received 18 May 2026M55 to Heyhouses link Lytham Moss, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire (Lytham Moss)
Received 30 Nov 2022D4 REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PRESTON
Received 16 Jan 1990Weeton Wastewater Treatment Works, Weeton
Received 1 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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