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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RED MARSH SCHOOL HOLLY ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 28 Sept 2010Unit D12, Red Scar Industrial Estate, Longridge Road, Preston, PR2 5NQ
Received 16 Apr 2024LONGRIDGE HOTHERSALL LODGE HORTHERSALL LANE LONGRIDGE
Received 30 Jan 2003THE WESTFIELD CENTRE WORDEN HIGH SCHOOL REDWOOD AVENUE LEYLAND
Received 17 Feb 2003WYRE ESTUARY AND ADJACENTS EMBANKMENTS
Received 3 Mar 1998ROUGH HEY ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 16 Feb 2006NORRIS FARM DOWNHOLLAND MOSS LANE FORMBY
Received 9 Aug 2011BENTHEAD AND MANSFIELD HIGH PLAYING FIELDS WALVERDEN AND ELLAND ROAD NELSON
Received 4 Feb 2008UPHOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL SANDY BROOK ROAD ORRELL WIGAN
Received 8 Oct 2012Hodgson High School Moorland Road Poulton-le-Fylde
Received 8 Nov 2001CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 3 Nov 2008PRESTON PLASTICS MOSS EDGE WORKS LANCASTER ROAD OUT RAWCLIFFE
Received 6 Mar 2006RECREATION GROUND ADJACENT TO SABDEN BROOK SABDEN
Received 26 Jan 2007SHERDLEY FARM RATTEN LANE HUTTON
Received 19 Jan 2004D6B, RED SCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 26 Oct 2016BRINSCALL QUARRY, TWIST MOOR LANE, WITHNELL, CHORLEY
Received 12 Dec 2014SOLVENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LTD MIDDLETON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 22 Aug 2007SANDONS FARM, SANDY LANE, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 29 Feb 2016LAND ADJACENT TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE SHAWES ARMS LONDON ROAD PRESTON
Received 10 Apr 2012LAND TO THE NORTH OF EAVES BROOK WATLING STREET ROAD FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 12 May 2011EAST WEST LINK ROAD, PRESTON
Received 24 Apr 2014OUTSIDE MAJESTIC FLATS CLIFTON DRIVE NORTH LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 11 Dec 1996TONG FARM
Received 4 Apr 2002MILBANKE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME STATION ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 11 Feb 2004Records 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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