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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL, C/O KENNINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, KENNINGTON ROAD, PRESTON
Received 24 Jun 2016SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD ADJACENT TO SYNTHETIC ALL WEATHER SPORTS PITCH CHORLEY SOUTHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL CLOVER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 15 Jan 2004LANCASTER ROAD CP SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 22 Jun 2011CLYDESDALE PLACE TRANSFER STATION, MOSS SIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEYLAND
Received 7 Sept 2016MANOR ROAD PRIMARY MANOR ROAD CLAYTON LE WOODS CHORLEY
Received 6 Sept 2010ST JAMES THE LESS UNITY WAY RAWTENSTALL
Received 24 Aug 2010PINGWOOD LANE SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK KIRKBY
Received 16 Aug 2006WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE BOLTON ROAD NEAR CHORLEY
Received 27 Jan 2003Briercliffe County Primary School, Delamere Road, Briercliffe, BB10 2JU
Received 7 May 2025PLOT 3.4/BUILDING 2 LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK ENTERPRISE DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 7 Sept 2020COUNTY HALL TREASURERS BLOCK ENTRANCE BOW LANE PRESTON
Received 5 Sept 2006LITTLE HOOLE PRIMARY DOBS LANE WALMER BRIDGE
Received 4 Mar 2010WILLOW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WILLOW LANE LANCASTER
Received 27 May 2005WHITEGATE NURSERY VICTORIA ROAD PADIHAM
Received 17 Nov 2009ROBIN HOOD PUMPING STATION CHORLEY
Received 19 Jan 2004DUCKWORTH CLOUGH QUARRY HASLINGDEN
Received 26 Mar 1970HELMSHORE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL GREGORY FOLD HELMSHORE
Received 2 Oct 2007MIDDLEFORTH CE PRIMARY SCHOOL HILL ROAD SOUTH PENWORTHAM
Received 3 Jul 2006WHITEFIELD NURSERY UNIT NORFOLK STREET NELSON
Received 30 May 2006LEYLAND METHODIST INFANT SCHOOL CANBERRA ROAD LEYLAND
Received 18 Aug 2010LAND ADJACENT TO EXISTING CHATBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF RIBBLE LANE CHATBURN
Received 8 Feb 2008WATERY LANE ASHTON ON RIBBLE PRESTON
Received 6 Apr 2011LAND ADJACENT TO M61 OFF PIPPIN STREET BRINDLE
Received 24 Apr 2006RIVINGTON PRIMARY HORROBIN LANE RIVINGTON
Received 27 Oct 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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