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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ST ANDREWS C OF E PRIMARY, SPRINGFIELD STREET, OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON.
Received 15 Apr 2013ALBANY SCIENCE COLLEGE BOLTON ROAD CHORLEY
Received 15 Feb 2005Stanley Villa Farm, Back Lane, Weeton, Preston, PR4 3HN
Received 29 Sept 2025WADDINGTON FELL QUARRIES, WADDINGTON.
Received 26 Aug 1983BURSCOUGH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS NEW LANE BURSCOUGH
Received 11 Sept 2007Thorn Primary School Cowtoot Lane Bacup
Received 4 Oct 2001High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 1 Jan 1978Pumping Station 100m From Greenways Farm, Hollins Lane, Forton
Received 15 Nov 202361 GRANGE AVENUE CHILDRENS HOME RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 22 Sept 2006OVERTON PLAYING FIELDS OFF LANCASTER ROAD OVERTON
Received 4 Feb 2013GARSTANG COMMUNITY ACADEMY, BOWGREAVE, GARSTANG, PRESTON
Received 9 Dec 2011WEST STREET CAR PARK ADJACENT TO DEVONSHIRE ROAD CHORLEY
Received 25 Aug 2009TOLLGATE CRESCENT BURSCOUGH
Received 12 Aug 2003LAND ADJACENT TO WIGAN LANE, HEATH CHARNOCK, ADLINGTON
Received 26 Aug 2022LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BOOTH ROAD WATERFOOT
Received 13 Oct 2008Appletree Nursery, Milking Stile Lane, Lancaster, LA1 5QB
Received 16 Mar 2007LAND OFF EVERY STREET WHITEFIELD NELSON
Received 18 Aug 2014CLIFTON COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLITHEROE ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 11 Feb 2015ST MARYS RC PRIMARY LONDON STREET FLEETWOOD
Received 10 May 2010LOWER BARNES STREET/HOLME ROAD CLAYTON-LE-MOORS
Received 30 Jul 2002WHITE MOSS HORTICULTURE, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KNOWSLEY INDUSTRIAL PARK, KIRKBY
Received 23 Jan 2017CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS CHORLEY
Received 17 Jan 2011HEALTH CLINIC PENNY STONE ROAD HALTON LANCASTER
Received 5 May 2009BURNLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WOOD END OFF BARDEN LANE BURNLEY
Received 8 Aug 2019Records 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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