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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
BALSHAW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BREDON AVENUE EUXTON
Received 7 Dec 2016STONEY BROW QUARRY COLLEGE ROAD UP HOLLAND SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 May 2009DEERPLAY LANDFILL SITE, BACUP ROAD, CLIVIGER
Received 29 Apr 2022LOSTOCK HALL LIBRARY WATKIN LANE LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 25 Mar 2009High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 18 May 1975PD LOGISTICS PINGWOOD LANE KIRKBY
Received 10 Mar 2010RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 22 Oct 1968Salt Ayre closed landfill site, Ovangle Road, Lancaster, LA1 5JS
Received 25 Sept 2024PEAR TREE SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, KIRKHAM, PRESTON, PR4 2HA
Received 9 Mar 2007HASLINGDEN SPECIALIST ART AND COMPUTING COLLEGE BROADWAY HASLINGDEN
Received 13 Jun 201252-58 Wordsworth Terrace, Chorley
Received 2 May 2023WESTBY LANDFILL SITE ANNA'S ROAD WESTBY
Received 25 Apr 2008KELBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL STREET KELBROOK COLNE
Received 17 Feb 2006RAKEHEAD QUARRY KINGS HIGHWAY ACCRINGTON
Received 28 Mar 2012CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 14 Oct 2002Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane
Received 27 Nov 2025LITTLE QUARRIES WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 23 Nov 1998BENTHEAD AND MANSFIELD HIGH PLAYING FIELDS WALVERDEN AND ELLAND ROAD NELSON
Received 6 Mar 2007QUEENS DRIVE COMMUNITY PRIMARY, BLACK BULL LANE, FULWOOD, PRESTON.
Received 24 Jan 2014TRINITY CE/METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL KILN LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 31 May 2006ST MARY'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL ROAD SCARISBRICK
Received 15 Feb 2005HIGHER SEED LEE BARN BRINDLE ROAD BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 1 Feb 2010WATERY LANE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 1 Feb 2012JAMESON ROAD LANDFILL SITE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 11 Nov 2005Records 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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