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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LANCASTER WEST BUSINESS PARK MIDDLETON HEYSHAM
Received 10 Aug 2007ANNAS ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, ANNAS ROAD, OFF PEEL ROAD, WESTBY, BLACKPOOL
Received 30 Nov 2012POULTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OLD MAINS LANE, POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 17 Apr 2014TARNACRE ST MICHAELS ON WYRE NEAR GARSTANG
Received 28 Jan 2003KENNINGTON PRIMARY KENNINGTON ROAD FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 6 Sept 2012Westgate Primary School Langridge Way Westgate Morecambe
Received 18 Jan 2002CHORLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMMON BANK LANE, CHORLEY, PR7 1NR
Received 13 Jan 2022W BAYBUTT LTD BURSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PLANTATION ROAD BURSCOUGH
Received 22 Jul 2009ST TERESA'S RC SCHOOL DOWNING STREET PRESTON
Received 14 Aug 2006UNIT 8, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 8 Dec 2011ST MARY RC PRIMARY HORNCHURCH DRIVE CHORLEY
Received 18 Dec 2009MORECAMBE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, HEYSHAM BUSINESS PARK, MIDDLETON ROAD, HEYSHAM
Received 10 Oct 2017ELLEL QUARRY, BAY HORSE ROAD, HAMPSON GREEN, LANCASTER
Received 1 Oct 2008CRAGG QUARRY OFF THE ROSSENDALE WAY COWPE MOSS ROSSENDALE
Received 23 Oct 2009SOUTHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL CLOVER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 22 Dec 2009CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 6 Feb 2012Land situated off Henry Littler Way / Whittingham Lane
Received 8 Jul 2025THORPE VIEW RESPITE CENTRE, THORPE AVENUE, MORECAMBE
Received 11 Sept 2012PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMROSE HILL ROAD OFF RUNSHAW LANE EUXTON
Received 9 Oct 2003UNIT 3/4 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE OFF STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD KNOWSLEY
Received 23 Nov 2011Poulton le Fylde Golf Club
Received 28 Apr 2023ST MICHAELS PUMPING STATION CORNER OF RAWCLIFFE ROAD AND GARSTANG ROAD ST MICHAELS
Received 15 Mar 2010Whitemoss Landfill Site, White Moss Road South, Skelmersdale, WN8 9TH
Received 13 May 2025UNIT 3E, BOLTON AVENUE HUNCOAT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ACCRINGTON
Received 21 Jun 2021Records 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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