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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
LAND SOUTH OF BERDON COTTAGE STRICKLANDS LANE MOOR END STALMINE
Received 13 Nov 2007SPRINGFIELD ENVIRONMENT LTD, APPLEY BRIDGE DEPOT, APPLEY LANE NORTH, APPLEY BRIDGE, WIGAN
Received 4 Feb 2013NELSON WAY OFF RIVERSWAY PRESTON
Received 31 May 2001BROCKHOLES QUARRY, SAMLESBURY, PRESTON
Received 15 Apr 1997RIBBLETON AVENUE COUNTY INFANT SCHOOL, RIBBLETON AVENUE, PRESTON
Received 5 Apr 2011LAND OFF CHAPEL LANE GALGATE
Received 25 Sept 2006WESTGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 14 Mar 2014RIGBY HOUGHTON LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH WIGAN
Received 19 Feb 2007TOP O SLATE QUARRY CRIBDEN END LANE HASLINGDEN
Received 2 Feb 2007ST TERESA'S RC PRIMARY, DOWNING STREET, PRESTON
Received 26 Mar 2013ST ANNES FORESHORE CLIFTON DRIVE NORTH LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 20 Nov 2020BACK LANE / HIGH ROADS QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 12 Jun 2002STANAH PRIMARY SCHOOL, LAMBS ROAD, THORNTON CLEVELEYS.
Received 22 May 2013PENWORTHAM GIRL'S HIGH SCHOOL, COP LANE, PENWORTHAM
Received 14 Oct 2013UNITS 2 AND 3 RINGTAIL PLACE BURSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ORMSKIRK
Received 10 Feb 2005MOORSIDE CP SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 14 Jan 2015LAND ADJACENT TO CHATBURN WWTW OFF RIBBLE LANE CHATBURN
Received 22 Oct 2008Lancashire College and Woodlands Training Centre Southport Road Chorley.
Received 5 Nov 1999BACK LANE WEETON
Received 22 Feb 2005SHAFTSBURY HOUSE (OLD CHORLEY BANKSIDE SITE), WELDBANK LANE, WELDBANK, CHORLEY
Received 7 Feb 2013LAND OFF STATION ROAD LITTLE HOOLE
Received 10 Oct 1967ST MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL SMITHY LANE CLAUGHTON-ON-BROCK PRESTON
Received 30 Jun 2009GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 17 Jan 2008APPLEY LANE NORTH APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 23 Aug 1965Records 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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