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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
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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.
STRIKE LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL, STRIKE LANE, FRECKLETON
Received 30 May 2017WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, DEANS LANE, LATHOM ORMSKIRK
Received 12 Jul 2011WELLFIELD BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE YEWLANDS DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 12 Feb 2009FOGGS FARM, HOBBS LANE, CLAUGHTON-ON-BROCK
Received 3 Aug 2017ST TERESA'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL STANLEY GROVE PENWORTHAM PRESTON
Received 22 Dec 2003DUNALD MILL QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 9 Aug 2006Maybury, Maybury Avenue, Burnley, BB12 8AL
Received 4 Feb 2025TRINITY C E METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL KILN LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 9 Oct 2006LAND TO THE WEST OF JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 14 Aug 1996ROSSENDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS
Received 5 Nov 2020FORMER ROYAL ORDNANCE SITE EUXTON LANE CHORLEY
Received 21 Dec 2005AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF PLUMPTON HALL FARM TO WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, PRESTON
Received 1 Jun 2022BRENNANDS ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH STREET SLAIDBURN CLITHEROE
Received 9 Jul 2012BACK LANE, WEETON, PRESTON.
Received 25 Oct 2007FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 24 Oct 2002Lea Community Primary School, Greavestown Lane, Preston, PR2 1PD
Received 24 Apr 2024LAND AT GIFT HALL FARM WINMARLEIGH
Received 16 Sept 1963TRUMACAR NURSERY AND COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, COMBERMERE ROAD, HIGHER HEYSHAM, MORECAMBE
Received 16 May 2016CLAYTON BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, GREAT GREENS LANE, BAMBER BRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 6 Mar 2013HUNCOAT GENERATING STATION
Received 2 Oct 1953LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OLD ALDCLIFFE LANE STODDAY LANCASTER
Received 30 Oct 2006BROADFIELD SCHOOL, FIELDING LANE, OSWALDTWISTLE.
Received 5 Mar 2015SHERWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, SHERWOOD WAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 12 Nov 2012COP LANE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, COP LANE, PENWORTHAM.
Received 24 Jul 2014Records 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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