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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BASNETT STREET NURSERY SCHOOL, BASNETT STREET, BURNLEY
Received 29 Nov 2012BLACK HALL FARM
Received 10 Sept 1990Ribblesdale Works, West Bradford Road, Clitheroe, BB7 4QF
Received 20 Dec 2024THORPE VIEW DAY CENTRE THORPE AVENUE MORECAMBE
Received 28 Jul 2006SCOUT MOOR QUARRY
Received 29 Oct 2009WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 Dec 2002BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE BANKS ENCLOSED MARSH BONNY BARN ROAD HUNDRED END
Received 7 Feb 2011PREESALL SALTFIELD STALMINE WYRE ESTUARY
Received 22 Nov 2004WYKE COP WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION WYKE COP LANE SNAPE GREEN
Received 1 Mar 2006MAYFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL ST LEONARD'S ROAD EAST ST ANNES
Received 30 Jun 2003BLESSED TRINITY ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE (FORMERLY ST THEODORES), ORMEROD ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 16 Sept 2008HOLTS LANE POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 13 Aug 2007ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE, ALDWYCH DRIVE, PRESTON
Received 6 Oct 2020BURNLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WOOD END GREENWOOD LANE FENCE
Received 11 Aug 2003SOUTH LANCASTER TO M6 ROAD SCHEME
Received 10 Feb 2022CASTERCLIFF PRIMARY SCHOOL MARSDEN HALL ROAD NORTH NELSON
Received 18 May 2007BRADLEYS SANDPIT LIGHTFOOT LANE PRESTON
Received 6 Sept 2005Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane
Received 8 Dec 2025OUR LADY AND ST EDWARD'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL LIGHTFOOT LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 22 Jul 2003BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY
Received 7 Nov 2017RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 12 Sept 1977ST PETERS C OF E SCHOOL, CARTMEL AVENUE, ACCRINGTON
Received 30 Jul 2012ST PETERS C OF E PRIMARY CHURCH STREET BURNLEY
Received 24 Nov 2009MIDLAND TERRACE, CARNFORTH
Received 10 Aug 2015Records 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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