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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Leapers Wood Quarry, Carnforth
Received 21 Mar 1990TATHAM FELL C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL LOWGILL LANCASTER
Received 9 May 2003CARR HEAD CP SCHOOL CARR HEAD LANE POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 20 Aug 2008LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS STODDAY LANCASTER
Received 21 May 2003WITHNELL QUARRY BOLTON ROAD WITHNELL NR CHORLEY
Received 29 Jul 1986Social Services Office Pimlico Road Clitheroe
Received 17 Nov 2000UNIT 3 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE OFF STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD KNOWSLEY
Received 8 Dec 2016ROSEGROVE NURSERY HAVELOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 19 Jan 2011APPLEY BRIDGE LANDFILL SITE, APPLEY LANE NORT, APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 2 Aug 1996BOWLAND HIGH SCHOOL SAWLEY ROAD GRINDLETON
Received 22 Nov 2012CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMMON BANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 5 Jan 2015ST ANNES CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, SLATER LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 1TL
Received 12 Aug 2008LAND AT WALLEND ROAD OFF RIVERSWAY PRESTON
Received 1 Jun 2004LAND WEST OF DUNKENHALGH WAY AND NORTH OF THE LEEDS LIVERPOOL CANAL CHURCH ACCRINGTON
Received 14 Jul 2010GREGSON LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL BOURNE ROW HOGHTON
Received 3 Mar 2011DEEPDALE INFANT SCHOOL ST STEPHENS ROAD DEEPDALE PRESTON
Received 16 Sept 2008CLAYTON BROOK CP SCHOOL GREAT GREENS LANE CLAYTON BROOK
Received 6 Aug 2008High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 19 Dec 1966HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOOD LANE, GREAT ALTCAR
Received 21 May 2018RISHTON METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL GEORGE STREET RISHTON
Received 14 May 2004Salt Ayre closed landfill site, Ovangle Road, Lancaster, LA1 5JS
Received 25 Sept 2024SIR TOM FINNEY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE, PRESTON
Received 26 Aug 2021BROUGHTON BYPASS, PRESTON
Received 29 Jul 2013WILLOW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY WILLOW LANE LANCASTER
Received 10 May 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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