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Lancashire County Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancashire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
5,678Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 4,825 approved or refused records
129Refused applications

4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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  1. Application ApprovedLCC/2021/0028/1

    Compliance with condition 4 of planning permission LCC/2021/0028 (erection of building for metal storage and processing) – sustainable drainage design

    Unit 3e, Bolton Avenue, Huncoat Industrial Estate, Accrington, BB5 6NJ

    Received 28 Aug 2024
  2. Application Granted05/11/0165

    CONSTRUCTION OF A CONTROL KIOSK ASSOCIATED WITH AN UNDERGROUND COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW CHAMBER ON STATION ROAD AND THE CHANGE OF USE OF INDUSTRIAL LAND TO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO CONTROL KIOSKS, A PRESSURE RELIEF COLUMN AND A NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UNDERGROUND DETENTION TANK...

    LAND AT RICHARDS STREET AND STATION ROAD, KIRKHAM

    Received 1 Mar 2011
  3. Application Granted12/10/0478

    PROVISION OF 4 CCTV CAMERAS ON 6M HIGH MASTS

    HEASANDFORD HOUSEFOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE BALDERSTONE LANE HEASANDFORD BURNLEY

    Received 24 Aug 2010
  4. Application Approved01/05/1456

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO CLASSROOM CDT BLOCK ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT TO EXISTING CDT BLOCK

    MORECAMBE HIGH SCHOOL DALLAM AVENUE MORECAMBE

    Received 14 Nov 2005
  5. Application Granted06/08/0583

    ERECTION OF A PRAM STORE/ENTRANCE CANOPY

    SURE START UNIT BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WATLING STREET ROAD PRESTON

    Received 7 Jul 2008
  6. Application Approved14/98/0400

    Landfill and restoration of northern part of quarry by importing and depositing a full range of controlled waste including special waste

    Fletcher Bank Quarry Ramsbottom

    Received 2 Oct 1998
  7. Application Granted03/10/0217

    CREATION OF SECURE PLAY AREAS INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF PLAY EQUIPMENT AND THE CREATION OF A TRIM TRAIL INCLUDING THE ERECTION OF 1.2M HIGH RAILINGS AND GATES TO SECURE THE AREA

    BROOKSIDE PRIMARY BRIGHT STREET CLITHEROE

    Received 10 Mar 2010
  8. Application Approved06/03/1288

    PROVISION OF A BRICK BUILT MINI-BUS GARAGE

    MOORBROOK SCHOOL AINSLIE ROAD PRESTON

    Received 19 Nov 2003
  9. Application Approved11/03/0005

    SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO RE-SITE THE EXISTING STORE ROOM AND BOYS' TOILET AND PROVIDE ADDDITIONAL TEACHING ACCOMMODATION

    OSWALDTWISTLE HIPPINGS METHODIST VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL HERON WAY OSWALDTWISTLE

    Received 6 Jan 2003
  10. Application Granted11/12/0115

    EXTENSION TO EXISTING BUILDING TO PROVIDE A NURSERY CLASSROOM WITH STORE

    HUNCOAT PRIMARY SCHOOL LYNWOOD ROAD ACCRINGTON

    Received 30 Mar 2012
  11. Application Granted02/11/0184

    CHANGE OF USE FROM GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO WASTE TRANSFER STATION FOR COMMERCIAL WASTE INCLUDING DEMOLITION AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, ERECTION OF WASTE TRANSFER BUILDING, MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY PLANT, AND PERIMETER FENCING, LANDSCAPING AND HARDSURFACING

    UNIT 8, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD THORNTON-CLEVELEYS

    Received 2 Mar 2011
  12. Application Approved4/6/214

    DEVELOPMENT OF CLAY WORKINGS

    COTTAM HALL BRICK AND TILE WORKS INGOL

    Received 21 Jan 1949
  13. Application Approved06/08/0161

    ERECTION OF FENCE/GATES LEADING FROM CAR PARK

    BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WATLING STREET ROAD PRESTON

    Received 4 Feb 2008
  14. Application Approved12/02/0361

    TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO PROVIDE CITY LEARNING CENTRE INCORPORATING CAR PARKING FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED HARD LANDSCAPING

    TOWNELEY HIGH SCHOOL TOWNELEY HOLME BURNLEY

    Received 26 Jun 2002
  15. Application Granted06/11/0227

    TWO FREE STANDING CANOPIES AND ONE WALL MOUNTED SHELTER

    QUEENS DRIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL BLACKBULL LANE FULWOOD PRESTON

    Received 15 Mar 2011
  16. Application Granted06/09/0820

    CONSTRUCTION OF THREE PRESSURE BALANCING STACKS AND HARDSTANDING

    ALSTOM BUILDING WEST STRAND PRESTON

    Received 3 Nov 2009
  17. Application GrantedLCC/2022/0040

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 (TIME EXTENSION) AND CONDITION 4 (LAYOUT PLAN) OF PERMISSION LCC/2017/0077 IN RELATION TO SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS INCLUDING INVERTER STATION, SWITCH GEAR HOUSING, SECURITY FENCING AND INTEGRAL CONNECTION TO THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS SUBSTATION.

    CLITHEROE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, HENTHORN ROAD, CLITHEROE

    Received 8 Apr 2022
  18. Application Approved12/05/1017

    REPLACEMENT OF GATES AND SHORT SECTION OF FENCING AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE WITH 2.4M HIGH NYLOFOR 3D FENCING AND GATES

    ST JOHN'S JUNIOR SCHOOL THAMES AVENUE BURNLEY

    Received 27 Oct 2005
  19. Application Ongoing02/01/506/1

    Compliance with condition 7 of permission 02/01/0506/1

    Jameson Road

    Received 21 Dec 2001
  20. Application Granted05/13/0698

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 3.4 AND 5 OF PERMISSION 5/05/0614 TO REQUIRE THE STORAGE BARN TO BE REMOVED NOT LATER THAN 1ST MAY 2033, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUILDING TO ONLY BE USED FOR THE STORAGE OF COMPOST AND TO VARY THE HOURS THE BUILDING CAN BE USED

    CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON

    Received 8 Nov 2013
  21. Application GrantedLCC/2016/0047

    INSTALLATION OF A CANOPY TO REAR OF SCHOOL

    ST HILDA'S C E SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, POULTON-LE-FYLDE

    Received 13 Jun 2016
  22. Application GrantedLCC/2014/0086

    REPLACEMENT OF EXISITNG ROOF AND WINDOWS AND OVERCLADDING OF THE BLOCK WALLS

    BURSCOUGH BRIDGE METHODIST SCHOOL, ORRELL LANE, BURSCOUGH

    Received 12 May 2014
  23. Application Granted11/10/0302

    ERECTION OF A TEMPORARY BUILDING WITH ACCESS RAMP

    WHITE ASH SCHOOL THWAITES ROAD OSWALDTWISTLE ACCRINGTON

    Received 28 Jun 2010
  24. Application GrantedLCC/2022/0057

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 03/06/0095 to allow mineral working to continue until 31 December 2023 and final restoration to be completed by 31 December 2024.

    Waddington Fell Quarry, Slaidburn Road, Waddington

    Received 8 Aug 2022

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What these statistics cover

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.

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