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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SHAKESPEARE PRIMARY SCHOOL MANOR ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 20 Jun 2006MIDDLE HILL QUARRIES SHAWFORTH
Received 1 Mar 1949BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY, PRESTON
Received 14 Feb 2020GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 23 Jul 2007Brindle Gregson Lane County Primary School, Bournes Row Hoghton
Received 22 Feb 2002REAR OF 273 REGENT STREET NELSON
Received 25 Sept 2002CRAWSHAWBOOTH PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD CRAWSHAWBOOTH
Received 17 Nov 2009LAND OFF PARK ROAD PADIUM
Received 6 Dec 1985GARSTANG ROAD POULTON
Received 10 Feb 1958HEYHOUSES ENDOWED C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLARENDON ROAD NORTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 28 Feb 2013WHITE ASH SCHOOL THWAITES ROAD OSWALDTWISTLE ACCRINGTON
Received 10 May 2011THE LAURELS GOLF COURSE, CHARNOCK RICHARD, PRESTON ROAD, CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 17 Apr 2020THORPE VIEW DAY CENTRE THORPE AVENUE MORECAMBE
Received 16 Jul 2006SCOTFORTH ST PAULS C OF E PRIMARY, SCOTFORTH ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 19 Sept 2011LAND BETWEEN CARR HALL STREET AND BOOTH STREET HASLINGDEN
Received 9 Dec 2019WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS DEANS LANE LATHOM
Received 24 Mar 2011COUPE GREEN COUNTY SCHOOL, COUPE GREEN, HOGHTON
Received 12 Jul 2018THE ANCHORAGE FAMILY CENTRE ROTHWELL DRIVE FLEETWOOD
Received 1 Apr 2005RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL QUEEN ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 26 Jul 2010CLAUGHTON MOOR QUARRY, CLAUGHTON
Received 4 Jul 2013BOLTON ROAD ABBEY VILLAGE NEAR CHORLEY
Received 9 Oct 1979WESTGATE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL LANGRIDGE WAY WESTGATE MORECAMBE
Received 24 May 2007East Quarry, Appley Bridge, Wigan
Received 9 Feb 2023PREESALL SALTFIELD STALMINE WYRE ESTUARY DISCHARGE PIPELINE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN FLEETWOOD DOCK AND ROSSALL SCHOOL
Received 26 Nov 2003Records 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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