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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 3e, Bolton Avenue, Huncoat Industrial Estate, Accrington, BB5 6NJ
Received 28 Aug 2024LAND AT RICHARDS STREET AND STATION ROAD, KIRKHAM
Received 1 Mar 2011HEASANDFORD HOUSEFOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE BALDERSTONE LANE HEASANDFORD BURNLEY
Received 24 Aug 2010MORECAMBE HIGH SCHOOL DALLAM AVENUE MORECAMBE
Received 14 Nov 2005SURE START UNIT BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WATLING STREET ROAD PRESTON
Received 7 Jul 2008Fletcher Bank Quarry Ramsbottom
Received 2 Oct 1998BROOKSIDE PRIMARY BRIGHT STREET CLITHEROE
Received 10 Mar 2010MOORBROOK SCHOOL AINSLIE ROAD PRESTON
Received 19 Nov 2003OSWALDTWISTLE HIPPINGS METHODIST VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL HERON WAY OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 6 Jan 2003HUNCOAT PRIMARY SCHOOL LYNWOOD ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 30 Mar 2012UNIT 8, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 2 Mar 2011COTTAM HALL BRICK AND TILE WORKS INGOL
Received 21 Jan 1949BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WATLING STREET ROAD PRESTON
Received 4 Feb 2008TOWNELEY HIGH SCHOOL TOWNELEY HOLME BURNLEY
Received 26 Jun 2002QUEENS DRIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL BLACKBULL LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 15 Mar 2011ALSTOM BUILDING WEST STRAND PRESTON
Received 3 Nov 2009CLITHEROE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, HENTHORN ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 8 Apr 2022ST JOHN'S JUNIOR SCHOOL THAMES AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 27 Oct 2005Jameson Road
Received 21 Dec 2001CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON
Received 8 Nov 2013ST HILDA'S C E SCHOOL, BISPHAM ROAD, POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 13 Jun 2016BURSCOUGH BRIDGE METHODIST SCHOOL, ORRELL LANE, BURSCOUGH
Received 12 May 2014WHITE ASH SCHOOL THWAITES ROAD OSWALDTWISTLE ACCRINGTON
Received 28 Jun 2010Waddington Fell Quarry, Slaidburn Road, Waddington
Received 8 Aug 2022Records 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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