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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TRIPLE C SKIPS MOORFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURNLEY ROAD ALTHAM
Received 12 Sept 2003ANSDELL PRIMARY SCHOOL LANSDOWN ROAD ANDELL LTHYAM ST ANNES
Received 11 Oct 2002PENWORTHAM BYPASS - FROM A582 BROAD OAK ROUNDABOUT CONNECTING TO A59 BETWEEN HOWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BLACKHURST COTTAGES.
Received 9 Nov 2017416 Heysham Road, Heysham
Received 2 May 2023WITHNELL MOOR WITHNELL
Received 11 Jan 1967High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 9 Mar 1953JAMESON ROAD LANDFILL SITE, JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 22 Sept 2021HAPTON COLLIERY SITE HAPTON BURNLEY
Received 30 Nov 2007LAND TO THE WEST OF GAS WORKS OFF LEYLAND ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 21 May 2003LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL DEPOT, GRANGE ROAD, SINGLETON
Received 18 Jun 2014ST ANDREWS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL TULKETH ROAD ASHTON PRESTON
Received 11 Jan 2021SALT AYRE, SALT AYRE LANE, LANCASTER.
Received 24 Jan 2017HURSTWOOD HOUSE STATION COURT NEW HALL HEY ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 24 Sept 2009LITTLE TONGUES LANE PREESALL
Received 10 Nov 1953Salt Ayre Landfill site, Ovangle Road, Lancaster
Received 4 Apr 2002CRESTMOOR UNITY WAY HASLINGDEN OLD ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 18 Sept 2009ACCRINGTON NORI WORKS, WHINNEY HILL ROAD, ALTHAM
Received 16 Dec 2016RIVER LUNE CYCLEWAY, LANCASTER
Received 11 Jun 2013HILL TOP COLLIERY TODMORDEN BACUP
Received 13 Jul 2004LAND TO THE NORTH OF LANCASTER THE ROUTE OF THE PROPOSED HIGHWAY STARTS AT THE EASTERN END OF THE A683 HEYSHAM TO THE M6 LINK PHASE 1 AND THEN RUNS IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO CONNECT WITH THE M6 AT JUNCTION 34.( HEYSHAM M6 LINK)
Received 19 Dec 2005WHITWORTH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL HALL STREET WHITWORTH
Received 31 Oct 2013BRITANNIA COMMUNITY PRIMARY, ROCHDALE ROAD, BACUP.
Received 17 Jan 2014STONEYGATE NURSERY, LENNOX STREET, PRESTON
Received 30 Aug 2018ST MARYS RC PRIMARY SMITHY LANE CLAUGHTON ON BROCK
Received 2 Jun 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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