Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ST JOSEPHS RC PRIMARY WEST CLOSE ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 10 Jan 2011WALSHAW HIGH SCHOOL EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 19 Jan 2006LAND 160M NORTH OF HOLLAND LODGE LONG LANE HEATH CHARNOCK
Received 21 Sept 2009MOORBROOK SCHOOL AINSLIE ROAD PRESTON
Received 26 Apr 2004NEWCHURCH IN PENDLE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS SPEN BROOK NEWCHURCH IN PENDLE NEAR NELSON
Received 13 Aug 2003HAMPSON GREEN DEPOT HAMPSON LANE HAMPSON GREEN LANCASTER
Received 17 Mar 2005121 WORDEN LANE LEYLAND PRESTON
Received 1 Dec 2003STAGHILLS CHILDRENS CENTRE, TOP BARN LANE, ROSSENDALE,
Received 23 Jul 2014BACK LANE QUARRY CARNFORTH
Received 31 Oct 2006CLAUGHTON MANOR (WEST END) BRICKWORKS
Received 29 Jun 1987MOORSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 8 Jun 2010LAND AT ST GEORGES WORKS ST GEORGES QUAY LANCASTER
Received 30 May 1996HORNBY ST MARGARETS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL MAIN STREET HORNBY LANCASTER
Received 2 Aug 2002COPPULL COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARK ROAD COPPULL
Received 16 Apr 2007WATERFOOT PRIMARY WOLFENDEN GREEN WATERFOOT ROSSENDALE
Received 26 Oct 2011IRON HOUSE FARM, LANCASTER ROAD, OUT RAWCLIFFE
Received 14 Dec 2018THORN PRIMARY COW TOOT LANE BACUP
Received 15 Sept 2009CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 13 Mar 1971HARGHER CLOUGH PCSS CENTRE VENICE STREET BURNLEY
Received 28 Sept 2006JAMESON ROAD LANDFILL SITE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 27 Apr 2006NEWBRIDGE FARM STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD
Received 25 Aug 2005HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS ALTCAR FORMBY
Received 25 May 2004SACRED HEART ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL BRADSHAW ROW CHURCH ACCRINGTON
Received 5 Mar 2004RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 9 Sept 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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