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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TWIST HILL QUARRY, SWEET WELL HOUSE FARM, TODMORDEN ROAD, BRIERCLIFFE, BURNLEY.
Received 12 Apr 2013SHERDLEY FARM RATTEN LANE HUTTON PRESTON
Received 19 Jan 2004FORD QUARRY BACUP ROAD CLIVINGER BURNLEY
Received 13 Aug 1984CROW ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE CHAPEL HOUSE SKELMERSDALE
Received 31 Mar 2009FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD.
Received 16 May 2014WALVERDEN COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL BRACEWELL STREET NELSON
Received 28 Apr 2006CHORLEY SHAFTSBURY HOUSE SHORT STAY SCHOOL STRTFORD ROAD CHORLEY
Received 13 Sept 2004NORTHCLIFFE SPECIAL SCHOOL BLACKBURN OLD ROAD GREAT HARWOOD
Received 26 Jun 2002MOSS FARM, SALWICK ROAD, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE
Received 2 Dec 2019TURNHOLE CLOUGH BRIDLEWAY BRIDGE TRAWDEN
Received 16 Mar 2004HEYSHAM HIGH SCHOOL LIMES AVENUE HEYSHAM
Received 26 Feb 2010BOURBLES FARM
Received 16 Feb 1976CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 15 Dec 1964FORD QUARRY BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER
Received 11 Feb 1987LITTLE HOOLE PRIMARY SCHOOL DOB LANE WALMER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 11 Oct 2006CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON
Received 9 Jul 2014Elswick Generator Facility, Roseacre Road, Elswick
Received 6 May 2025GARSTANG ST THOMAS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL KEPPLE LANE GARSTANG
Received 17 May 2006ST JOHN WITH ST AUGUSTINE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL MAUDSLEY STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 29 Mar 2004ST MICHAEL'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL LIVERPOOL OLD ROAD MUCH HOOLE PR4 5JQ
Received 25 Jun 2007KINGSCOURT DEVELOPMENTS BEACON ROAD POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 18 Dec 2003OUT RAWCLIFFE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL CROOK GATE LANE OUT RAWCLIFFE PRESTON
Received 3 Jan 2003THORN PRIMARY SCHOOL, COWTOOT LANE, BACUP
Received 25 Jun 2015Land at Highfield Farm Ghants Lane Hambleton
Received 11 Oct 2001Records 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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