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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SKELMERSDALE LIBRARY, SOUTHWAY,SKELMERSDALE
Received 6 Mar 2012LAND NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, NEAR KIRKHAM Please note that this is not an application for planning permission but is an application to request an opinion from the County Council as to the key areas (such as ecology, noise, traffic) that should be included in an Environmental Statement to accompany any future planning application on this site. There is no requirement to consult the public at this stage as full public consultation in accordance with statutory procedures will be undertaken if a planning application is subsequently submitted.
Received 4 Feb 2014WEST STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL WEST STREET COLNE
Received 20 Jul 2009ST MARYS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, ROYAL AVENUE, LEYLAND
Received 28 Apr 2014LANDGATE AND MOSS QUARRIES WHITWORTH
Received 8 May 2003HEYHOUSES ENDOWED C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLARENDON ROAD NORTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 10 Jul 2013MORECAMBE ROAD SCHOOL, MORECAMBE ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 5 Jan 2015COLNE NEWTOWN NURSERY SCHOOL NEWTOWN COLNE
Received 14 May 2003COPPICE SCHOOL, ASH GROVE, BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 20 Jun 2017THE LOYNE SPECIALIST SCHOOL, SEFTON DRIVE, LANCASTER
Received 15 Apr 2019Leyland WwTw ,Emnie Lane, Leyland
Received 20 Sept 2023BOWERHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 5 Jul 2013SHERWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, SHERWOOD WAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON.
Received 25 Apr 2013BACK LANE QUARRY, BACK LANE, CARNFORTH
Received 29 Sept 2021CLAYTON HALL SAND QUARRYS DAWSON LANE CHORLEY
Received 28 Jan 1998ST ANDREW'S C OF E WOODLEA ROAD LEYLAND
Received 22 Jan 2008HARRIS PRIMARY SCHOOL WYNCHNOR FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 11 Jun 2008GREENACRES RECYCLING CENTRE BRACEWELL AVENUE POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE POULTON - LE- FYLDE
Received 19 Sept 2007VACANT LAND AT LANCASHIRE ENTERPRISES BUSINESS PARK LEYLAND LEYLAND WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK
Received 12 Dec 2002COLNE PARK HIGH SCHOOL VENABLES AVENUE COLNE
Received 14 Nov 2003THE MOUNDS NIPE LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 9 Feb 199948-54 FISHWICK PARADE PRESTON
Received 15 May 2003CATLOW FOLD FARM, SOUTHFIELD LANE, SOUTHFIELD.
Received 6 Jul 2016BLUE SLATE FARM SPRING LANE SAMELSBURY PRESTON
Received 25 Sept 2003Records 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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