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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE SKELMERSDALE
Received 11 Aug 2006LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 6 Jul 2007LYTHAM ST ANNES TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE, WORSLEY ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 29 Jul 2019CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMMON BANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 25 Apr 2014LAND WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF SACRED HEART RC PRIMARY SCHOOL ON THE CORMER OF TRUNNAH ROAD AND HEYS STREET THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 24 May 2002INGOL HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE TOM BENSON WAY INGOL
Received 26 Nov 2002MOUNT PLEASANT COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, EARL STREET, CLAYTON-LE-MOORS
Received 7 Jun 2021TOP O SLATE QUARRIES
Received 22 Oct 1962Leapers Wood Quarry, Carnforth
Received 23 Feb 2007TWIST HILL/DELF HILL QUARRY BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY
Received 8 Oct 1979WELCH WHITTLE QUARRY TOWN LANE CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 6 Aug 1979ENVIRO SKIPS RAKEHEAD LANE STACKSTEADS BACUP
Received 13 May 2011HARGHER CLOUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL SMIRTHWAITE STREET BURNLEY
Received 23 Dec 2004Land off roundabout junction of Butterworth Brow and B5152, Chorley PR7 2NP
Received 18 Nov 2025LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OLD ALDCLIFFE LANE,STODDAY, LANCASTER
Received 16 Sept 2008HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY SITE ACCRINGTON ROAD BURNLEY
Received 28 Mar 2003WHITE MOSS HORTICULTURE, SIMONSWOOD MOSS, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KIRKBY
Received 28 Oct 2019BRADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL DOVER STREET NELSON
Received 5 Feb 2004PLOT 3.3 BADGER ROAD LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK LEYLAND
Received 23 Feb 2022HEYSHAM VILLAGE PUMPING STATION OFF KNOWLYS ROAD HEYSHAM VILLAGE LANCASTER
Received 5 Jun 2002LAND AT SIMONSWOOD MOSS, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KIRKBY
Received 11 Dec 2013LAND TO THE EAST OF STANAH CLOUGH THORNTON
Received 1 Nov 1957LOMESHAYE JUNIOR SCHOOL NORFOLK STREET NELSON
Received 18 Sept 2010HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN
Received 12 Aug 2020Records 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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