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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
PARK AND RIDE SITES AT PORTWAY AND HARTINGTON ROAD PRESTON
Received 26 Aug 2005MCKEE CENTRE POULTON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 28 Jan 2008LANCASTER LANE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, HUNTERS ROAD, CLAYTON LE WOODS
Received 15 May 2012CHURCH ROAD WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION CHURCH ROAD RUFFORD
Received 12 Feb 2007Kirkham Carr Hill High School Royal Avenue Kirkham.
Received 31 Aug 2000Enfield Quarry
Received 3 Jul 1996HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOOD LANE, GREAT ALTCAR
Received 17 Jun 2015THE BIRCHES RIBBLETON LANE PRESTON
Received 25 Feb 2011SIR TOM FINNEY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, MOOR PARK BLACKPOOL ROAD, PRESTON
Received 14 Feb 2011UNIT 8, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 5 Nov 2012FLETCHER BANK QUARRY, ROSSENDALE (GREATER MANCHESTER)
Received 14 Jun 2016Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 3 Aug 2023RECYCLING LIVES, LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 15 Jul 2015MORECAMBE BAY PRIMARY SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 19 Aug 2015COTESTONES LANDFILL SITE, CARNFORTH
Received 17 Jul 1997LAND AT SIMONSWOOD MOSS NORTH PERIMETER ROAD KIRKBY
Received 9 Feb 2004DUCKWORTH CLOUGH QUARRY HASLINGDEN
Received 28 Aug 1963SIR JOHN THURSBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 2 Jul 2007Land between Stopgate Lane and Simonswood Industrial Estate, Simonswood
Received 7 Jun 2023OXFORD ROAD NELSON
Received 25 Sept 2002MORECAMBE BAY COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 7 Nov 2012SIMONSWOOD MOSS WORKS NORTH PERIMETER ROAD KIRKBY
Received 16 Feb 2010UNIT 2 BALDERSTONE LANE HEASANDFORD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURNLEY
Received 12 May 2010BOWERHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 5 Dec 2012Records 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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