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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 16 Jun 2005ELMS SCHOOL MOOR PARK PRESTON
Received 3 Jan 2007BENTHEAD AND MANSFIELD HIGH PLAYING FIELDS AND EDGE END SCHOOL WALVERDEN ROAD NELSON
Received 5 Mar 2008CATLOW QUARRIES SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 3 Aug 1978LOWER BROCKHOLES PRESTON
Received 15 Feb 2006BRADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL DOVER STREET NELSON
Received 13 Sept 2008ALDON STREET POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 8 Aug 2007LITTLE ACHIEVERS NURSERY RIBBLETON CHILDRENS CENTRE RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 6 Aug 2010CLIFF STREET RISHTON
Received 19 Apr 2004FAIRFIELD NURSERY SCHOOL FAIRFIELD STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 29 Jan 2005Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane
Received 7 Sept 2026CHORLEY MAYFIELD SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 29 Nov 2012CROW ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 Jan 2016WHITWORTH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL HALL FOLD WHITWORTH
Received 24 Mar 2003PARK AND RIDE SITES AT PORTWAY AND HARTINGTON ROAD PRESTON
Received 3 Mar 2006BARROW PRIMARY SCHOOL, OLD ROW, BARROW, CLITHEROE
Received 19 Nov 2012LANESHAWBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL EMMOTT LANE COLNE
Received 7 Nov 2011CHRIST THE KING RC PRIMARY CALDERBROOK AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 1 Dec 2009FLETCHER BANK QUARRY, ROSSENDALE (GREATER MANCHESTER)
Received 9 Aug 2004OPPOSITE HALL CARR FARM HALL CARR LANE LONGTON PRESTON
Received 9 Jun 2004BROUGHTON BY PASS, PRESTON
Received 13 May 2016FLEETWOOD POWER STATION SITE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 20 Jun 2003ROUND O QUARRY COBBS BROW LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 12 Apr 2006WESHAM C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL GARSTANG ROAD NORTH MEDLAR WITH WESHAM
Received 11 Oct 2018Records 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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