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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
BACK LANE QUARRY, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH
Received 13 Mar 2013Stanley Villa Farm, Back Lane, Weeton with Preese
Received 22 Sept 2022GRIMSARGH ST MICHAELS CHURCH, PRESTON ROAD, GRIMSARGH, PRESTON
Received 28 Oct 2011SANDONS FARM ADLINGTON CHORLEY
Received 16 Oct 2012BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS CUERDALE LANE SAMLESBURY
Received 5 Jun 2020SHALE PITT ABBEY VILLAGE WITHNELL
Received 29 Mar 1972CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS
Received 13 Feb 2014BOWERHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 11 Mar 2005CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS COMMON BANK LANE EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 1 Jun 2004LAND ADJACENT TO A583 KIRKHAM BYPASS DOWBRIDGE FYLDE
Received 8 Nov 2010LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELD TOWNELEY HOLMES BURNLEY
Received 5 Dec 2005IRWELL VALE ROAD, IRWELL VALE ROSSENDALE
Received 22 Dec 2016PART OF CATLOW QUARRY CRAWSHAW LANE NELSON
Received 22 Mar 1971Land to Rear of Archway Lodge Warpes Moss Lane Burscough
Received 11 Aug 1998BRIERCLIFFE PRIMARY SCHOOL DELAMERE ROAD BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY
Received 11 Feb 2005WATERY LANE CUSTOMS LANE PRESTON
Received 6 Mar 2013WHITEMOSS ROAD LANDFILL SITE SKERLMERSDALE.
Received 16 Nov 1999HIGHAM ST JOHN C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGHAM HALL ROAD, HIGHAM
Received 17 Feb 2017ST BERNADETTES CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 30 Jan 2004LAND OFF NEWCHURCH ROAD STACKSTEADS RAWTENSTALL
Received 26 Nov 2007SOUTH OF GARSTANG ROAD WEST POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 8 Dec 1954PREESE HALL EXPLORATION SITE C/O PREESE HALL FARM WEETON KIRKHAM PRESTON
Received 26 Jan 2010SOUTH LAKELAND LEISURE VILLAGE, DOCK ACRES, CARNFORTH
Received 3 Feb 2012CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 11 Feb 2010Records 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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