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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PENDLE TRANSFER LOADING STATION AND HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE REGENT STREET COLNE
Received 6 Jan 2003LEYLAND METHODIST INFANTS SCHOOL CRANBERRA ROAD LEYLAND
Received 25 Jan 2012ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE ALDWYCH DRIVE ASHTON
Received 7 Feb 2005Colne Primet High School, Dent Street, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8JF
Received 11 Apr 2024Land adjacent to Wigan Lane, Heath Charnock, Adlington, Chorley
Received 2 Jul 2024GIFT HALL FARM WINMARLEIGH
Received 15 Oct 1971LARKHOLME PRIMARY SCHOOL, WINDERMERE AVENUE, FLEETWOOD
Received 1 Aug 2019WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE BOLTON ROAD WITHNELL NEAR CHORLEY
Received 9 Aug 2002SACRED HEART RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, BROOKE STREET, CHORLEY
Received 1 Feb 2016NORTHCLIFFE BUILDING, BLACKBURN OLD ROAD, GREAT HARWOOD, BLACKBURN
Received 13 Jul 2021GARSTANG COMMUNITY ACADEMY, BOWGREAVE, GARSTANG, PRESTON
Received 21 Nov 2012ALTHAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS BURNLEY ROAD ALTHAM
Received 7 Oct 1987LAND SOUTH OF GRANGE ROAD SINGLETON
Received 1 Jun 2010HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL WHITBY AVENUE INGOL
Received 7 Oct 2005BARDEN COMMUNITY INFANT SCHOOL ST PHILIP STREET BURNLEY
Received 8 Feb 2005ROEBUCK PRIMARY SCHOOL INKERMAN STREET ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE PRESTON
Received 16 Jul 2009ALTHAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS BURNLEY ROAD ALTHAM
Received 8 Apr 1991WEETON PRIMARY SCHOOL, GRANTHAM ROAD, WEETON, PRESTON
Received 13 Feb 2012PENDLE PRIMARY PRINCESS AVENUE CLITHEROE
Received 14 Sept 2010PARK ROAD PADIHAM
Received 19 Oct 1988PREESE HALL EXPLORATION SITE, PREESE HALL FARM, WEETON, KIRKHAM
Received 29 Jul 2014High Roads/Back Lane
Received 13 May 1997BACK LANE QUARRY, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH.
Received 5 Mar 2014SOUTHLANDS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CLOVER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 21 May 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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