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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 8 May 2003BURNLEY AND PENDLE DAY SERVICE, TEMPLE STREET, BURNLEY
Received 4 Aug 2021WOODLANDS CENTRE SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 27 Nov 2006NORTHFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL RINGWAY THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 17 Nov 2009BRADLEYS SANDPIT LIGHTFOOT LANE PRESTON
Received 19 Aug 2005TRAWDEN FOREST PRIMARY SCHOOL DEAN STREET TRAWDEN COLNE
Received 11 Jan 2008RIBBLESDALE CEMENT WORKS, WEST BRADFORD ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 5 Aug 2019HENDON BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, TOWNHOUSE ROAD, NELSON
Received 9 Sept 2014105 MARSDEN HALL ROAD NORTH, NELSON
Received 13 Jan 2015CATLOW QUARRY CRAWSHAW LANE CATLOW BURNLEY
Received 17 Feb 2010MANCHESTER DAY NURSERY TOP OF ADELAIDE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 5 Sept 2002POOL HOUSE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL KIDSGROVE TANTERTON PRESTON
Received 11 Feb 2005LAND OFF CRAWSHAW STREET CAR PARK, ACCRINGTON (ACCRINGTON BUS STATION)
Received 6 Jan 2015UNIT11 ROMAN WAY EMPLOYMENT AREA LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 3 Apr 1990ULNES WALTON LANDFILL SITE RIDLEY LANE CROSTON PRESTON
Received 16 Jan 2003WEST LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, CHAPEL HOUSE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 16 May 2018CATON HIGHWAYS DEPOT HORNBY ROAD CATON
Received 19 Oct 2012BALLADEN PRIMARY SCHOOL LINDEN LEA RAWTENSTALL ROSSENDALE
Received 14 Jan 2008Parcel of land to the south of Accrington Woodnook Primary School between Belfield Road and Royds Street, Accrington
Received 3 Jan 2025MOSSGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL KINGSWAY HEYSHAM
Received 13 Dec 2002SCHOLA GREEN WWPS, SCHOLA GREEN LANE, MORECAMBE
Received 8 Jan 2013DALTON QUARRY LEES LANE DALTON
Received 24 Jan 2012LANCASTER RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL KESWICK ROAD LANCASTER
Received 12 May 2003BEAUMONT COLLEGE, SLYNE ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 6 Feb 2013Records 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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