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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
UNIT 9 ABBEY LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURSCOUGH
Received 3 Sept 2007HOLME SLACK COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL MANOR HOUSE LANE
Received 15 Mar 2004BURSCOUGH VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, COLBURNE CLOSE, BURSCOUGH
Received 11 Aug 2015ST LEONARDS C OF E SCHOOL, WHALLEY ROAD, BILLINGTON
Received 14 Mar 2018BRENNAND'S ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH STREET SLAIDBURN CLITHEROE
Received 25 Jul 2005HEYSHAM VILLAGE PUMPING STATION KNOWLYS ROAD HEYSHAM VILLAGE LANCASTER
Received 4 Sept 2003Bluestone Quarry, Four Acre Lane
Received 25 Nov 2024MANOR BEACH COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANOR DRIVE, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 11 Jun 2013COP LANE PRIMARY COP LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 18 Sept 200973 SYNE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 12 Sept 2001PENWORTHAM BYPASS - FROM A582 BROAD OAK ROUNDABOUT CONNECTING TO A59 BETWEEN HOWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BLACKHURST COTTAGES.
Received 24 May 2019PLASTIC RECOVERY LTD 45-49 ROUGH HEY ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PRESTON
Received 5 Jan 2006FORMER CATON LIBRARY HORNBY ROAD CATON
Received 23 Mar 2009FULWOOD AND CADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, CADLEY CAUSEWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON.
Received 23 May 2013PADIHAM GREEN CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL ST ANNES STREET PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 3 Jun 2005ANNAS ROAS EXPLORATION SITE, ANNAS ROAD, WESTBY, NR BLACKPOOL
Received 9 May 2011BACUP AND RAWTENSTALL GRAMMAR MILLAR BARN LANE AND MOUNT AVENUE WATERFOOT
Received 15 Oct 2008BLACKPOOL ROAD PRESTON
Received 15 Aug 2012DEERPLAY QUARRY (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FORD QUARRY) BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 30 May 1997WESTBY LANDFILL SITE ANNA'S ROAD OFF PEEL ROAD WESTBY
Received 10 Jan 2003HYNDBURN BOROUGH COUNCIL CENTRAL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE UNIT LIBRARY STREET CHURCH ACCRINGTON
Received 6 Sept 2002PREESALL
Received 15 Sept 2008WALTON LANE NURSERY WALTON LANE NELSON
Received 11 Aug 2003ACORNS MOOR PARK PRESTON
Received 12 Aug 2020Records 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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