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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
JUNCTION OF STRAND ROAD AND FISHERGATE HILL PRESTON
Received 1 Jun 2011BANKFIELD QUARRY CLITHEROE
Received 3 Feb 2003RIGBY LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH
Received 25 Sept 2012ST MARYS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL WHALLEY ROAD, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 3 Aug 2015LANCASTER ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL AND NURSERY LANCASTER ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 11 Feb 2005LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BOOTH ROAD WATERFOOT
Received 26 Nov 2009RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 10 Mar 1987YARROW FARM, OFF GERMAN LANE, CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 3 Sept 1969MEADOW COURT PRESTON
Received 26 Feb 2010LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELD TOWNELEY HOLMES BURNLEY
Received 8 Feb 2008RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 18 Jun 2001MOORGATE FARM MOORGATE LANE DINCKLEY
Received 21 Nov 2005ST PAULS C OF E SCHOOL, RAILWAY ROAD, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 15 Feb 2011LAND AT BELVEDERE ROAD, THORNTON
Received 1 Mar 2011PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET, PRESTON
Received 31 May 2018BROCKHOLES QUARRY SALMAESBURY NEAR PRESTON
Received 5 May 2006WHINNEY HILL QUARRY, WHINNEY HILL ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 6 Nov 2015Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane
Received 4 Feb 2026BARROW PRIMARY OLD ROW BARROW CLITHEROE
Received 31 Jan 2011PART BRANDWOOD QUARRY STACKSTEADS
Received 10 Aug 1971CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL, KELLET ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 18 Apr 2012LAND REAR 7 APPLEY LANE NORTH APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 12 Feb 2007HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORK WOOD LANE ALTCAR
Received 6 Mar 2003Land at Woodcocok Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 11 Apr 2023Records 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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