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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HESKETH BANK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MARSH LANE, HESKETH BANK.
Received 11 Dec 2015VIRIDOR GERRARD PLACE GILLIBRAND SKELMERSDALE
Received 3 Mar 2011COTESTONES LANDFILL SITE WARTON CARNFORTH.
Received 20 Jun 1983HASLAM PARK ASHTON PRESTON
Received 24 Aug 2005Cross Hall High School (ORMSKIRK HIGH SCHOOL) Wigan Road Ormskirk
Received 6 Apr 2001UNIT B3 REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LONGRIDGE ROAD RIBBLETON
Received 5 Aug 2008LOWER BROCKHOLES FARM, PRESTON
Received 19 Apr 2017LAND ON INGOL DISTRIC DISTRIBUTOR ROAD TO THE WEST OF COTTON HALL BRICKWORKS INGOL
Received 24 Feb 1986GILLIBRAND COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL GROSVENOR ROAD CHORLEY
Received 31 May 2002LAND ADJOINING RAILWAY LINE OFF COPSE BROOK FLEETWOOD
Received 24 Apr 1963ST JOHN PRIMARY HIGHAM HALL ROAD HIGHAM BURNLEY
Received 6 May 2011LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELDS TOWNELEY HOLMES ROAD BURNLEY
Received 15 Aug 2007Foggs Farm, Hobbs Lane, Claughton-On-Brock
Received 3 Feb 2023PENWORTHAM BY PASS
Received 16 Apr 2014LOWER BROCKHOLES QUARRY, BROCKHOLES BROW, PRESTON
Received 6 Sept 2022THE LOYNE SCHOOL SEFTON DRIVE LANCASTER
Received 24 Jun 2008NORTHCLIFFE BUILDING, BLACKBURN OLD ROAD, GREAT HARWOOD, BLACKBURN
Received 13 Jul 2021HOLMESWOOD METHODIST SCHOOL CHAPEL LANE HOLMESWOOD RUFFORD ORMSKIRK
Received 19 Jan 2007CHAPEL HILL QUARRY LONGRIDGE
Received 22 Nov 1979CLAYTON HALL WASTE MANAGEMENT SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE-LE-WOODS CHORLEY
Received 25 May 2007HENTHORN ROAD LANDFILL, HENTHORN ROAD, CLITHEROE,
Received 27 Oct 2008LYTHAM ST ANNES HIGH TECHNICAL COLLEGE WORSLEY ROAD ANSDELL LYTHAM ST ANNES.
Received 16 Jun 2000Yew Tree Farm, Higgins Lane, Burscough
Received 18 Jul 2023Sherwood County Primary School Sherwood Way Preston
Received 1 Nov 2001Records 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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