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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOOD LANE, GREAT ALTCAR
Received 25 Jul 2016GREAT KNOWLEY LANDFILL SITE BLACKBURN ROAD CHORLEY
Received 12 Nov 2004ROUGHLEE CE PRIMARY SCHOOL NELSON
Received 1 Jul 2003INSKIP WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OFF INSKIP ROAD, INSKIP, PRESTON
Received 18 Jun 2020SOLLOM LANE WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION SOLLOM LANE SOLLOM NEAR TARLTON
Received 1 Mar 2006Sherdley Farm Ratten Lane Hutton
Received 16 Apr 1999264 OLDFIELD ROAD WALTON SUMMIT BUSINESS BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 26 Oct 2004BRUNSHAW PRIMARY SCHOOL MORSE STREET BURNLEY
Received 22 Jul 2003QUEENS DRIVE PRIMARY BLACKBULL LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 10 Mar 2011LAND TO NORTH AND WEST OF EXISTING BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS SPRING LANE SAMLESBURY
Received 29 Nov 2012Whitemoss Landfill, White Moss Road South, Skelmersdale, WN8 9TH
Received 25 Oct 2024FORMER BROCKHOLES QUARRY OFF PRESTON ROAD SAMLESBURY PRESTON
Received 31 Jan 2011BENTGATE SCHOOL CLOD LANE HASLINGDEN
Received 18 Jan 2012LANCASTER ROAD CP SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 20 Jun 2012ADJACENT TO HODGSON HIGH MOORLAND ROAD LITTLE POULTON
Received 12 Mar 2009COUNTY HALL PRESTON
Received 13 Mar 2020BROUGHTON BYPASS
Received 17 Jan 2013BENTHEAD AND MANSFIELD HIGH PLAYING FIELDS WALVERDEN AND ELLAND ROAD NELSON
Received 28 Sept 2007LAND OFF CRAWSHAW STREET CAR PARK, ACCRINGTON (ACCRINGTON BUS STATION)
Received 9 Jan 2013ROUGH HEY ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE GRIMSARGH PRESTON
Received 6 Feb 2006LEEMING QUARRY STONEYHURST CLITHEROE
Received 13 Feb 2013ECCLESTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, DOCTORS LANE, ECCLESTON
Received 20 Feb 2009BRANDWOOD LOWER END MOOR, BACUP
Received 4 Jun 2010SALT AYRE LANDFILL SITE LANCASTER
Received 16 Mar 1979Records 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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