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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGHER BROCKHOLES NEAR SALMESBURY
Received 2 Apr 1990LOWER BROCKHOLES FARM, PRESTON
Received 27 Sept 2017Unit 37, Europa Way, Lune Industrial Estate, Lancaster
Received 31 May 2023LAND TO NORTH OF ANNA'S ROAD PEEL
Received 18 Jul 1989THURNHAM GLASSON CE PRIMARY SCHOOL,GLASSON DOCK, LANCASTER
Received 17 Apr 2012PRESTON CITY COUNCIL DEPOT ARGYLL STREET PRESTON
Received 2 Jul 2009INGOL HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE TOM BENSON WAY INGOL
Received 28 Nov 2003HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE SNOWDON ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 26 Oct 2007CARLETON GREEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY, ARUNDEL DRIVE, CARLETON, POULTON-LE-FYLDE.
Received 7 Jan 2013PRESTON TO BAMBER BRIDGE GREENWAY LEYLAND ROAD LOWER PENWORTHAM PRESTON
Received 17 Jul 2012RIVERSIDE WASTE TRANSFER AND RECYCLING CENTRE, JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 13 Nov 2014Clayton Hall Landfill Site, Dawson Lane, Whittle-Le-Woods
Received 14 Jun 2023THE LAURELS AT CHARNOCK, CHARNOCK RICHARD GOLF COURSE , PRESTON ROAD, CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 17 Apr 2020CRAWTHORNE'S ENDOWDED PRIMARY SCHOOL THE RAKE ROAD ABBEYSTEAD LANCASTER
Received 18 Mar 2004GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 26 Jan 2007PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET, PRESTON
Received 29 Nov 2016Ightenhill Primary School Alder Street Burnley BB12 6ED
Received 8 Dec 2025EUXTON PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMROSE HILL ROAD OFF RUNSHAW LANE EUXTON
Received 1 Dec 2003ST ANNES FORESHORE
Received 7 Apr 1978KELBROOK ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 16 Nov 201239 BELVEDERE ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 27 May 2005EAST CLIFF - UNADOPTED ROAD FROM VICARS BRIDGE TO FORMER PARK HOTEL ENTRANCE, PRESTON.
Received 9 May 2019JAMESTONE QUARRY HEAPY CLOUGH GRANE ROAD HASLINGDEN
Received 16 Mar 2004LAND AT BUTTERWORTH BROW COPPULL NEW ROAD CHORLEY
Received 22 Nov 1990Records 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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