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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
4 ACRE PLOT OF LAND ON SOUTH WEST SIDE OF CROPPER ROAD MARTON
Received 6 Mar 2003LOWER BROCKHOLES FARM BROCKHOLES BROW PRESTON
Received 8 Sept 2009ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE ALDWYCH DRIVE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 10 Mar 2008BOURBLES FARM PREESALL
Received 31 Oct 1972GREAT ARLEY SCHOOL, HOLLY ROAD, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 22 Feb 2019HEYSHAM TRUMACAR COUNTY PRIMARY, COMBERMERE ROAD, HEYSHAM, MORECAMBE, LA3 2ST
Received 11 May 2007FAIRFIELD NURSERY SCHOOL FAIRFIELD STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 17 Aug 2007CATLOW QUARRIES SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 20 Oct 1965CLIFTON MARSH OFF LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 25 Feb 2010LAND TO THE EAST OF ST MARYS AND ST ANDREWS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL STATION LANE BARTON PRESTON
Received 23 Jul 2008HEYSHAM M6 LINK
Received 21 May 2015WHITEFIELD INFANT SCHOOL NORFOLK STREET NELSON
Received 27 Aug 2004ST ANDREWS C OF E INFANT SCHOOL WOODLEA ROAD LEYLAND
Received 1 Oct 2010SITE OF THE NEW BURNLEY CAMPUS BUILDING
Received 7 Feb 2007BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS CUERDALE LANE SAMLESBURY
Received 22 Jan 2009LAND FORMING PART OF FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 8 Nov 2007BANKFIELD QUARRY
Received 22 May 2007HODGSON HIGH SCHOOL MOORLAND ROAD POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 12 Nov 2009CLAUGHTON MOOR QUARRY
Received 20 Sept 1988ACCESS TRACK OFF PRESTON OLD ROAD, FRECKLETON
Received 22 Jun 2011LAND AT SCHOOL LANE, KIRKHAM
Received 1 Sept 2011Skelmersdale Library, Southway, Skelmersdale, WN8 6NL
Received 26 Feb 2007RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL QUEENS ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 28 Jan 2011CLIFTON MARSH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, PRESTON NEW ROAD, FRECKLETON
Received 4 Aug 2017Records 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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