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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
LITTLE FELL FARM QUERNMORE
Received 1 Sept 2004Westby Brickworks, Annas Road, Westby With Plumptons, FY4 5JX
Received 25 Nov 2025PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMROSE HILL ROAD, EUXTON
Received 10 May 2017Accrington Brickworks, Whinney Hill Road, Accrington, BB5 6NR
Received 16 Jul 2024BURNLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOODEND, OFF BARDEN LANE, BURNLEY.
Received 30 Sept 2015Clayton Hall Landfill Site, Dawson Lane, Whittle-le-woods, PR6 7DT
Received 27 Apr 2026TONG FARM, TONG LANE, BACUP
Received 1 Apr 2014High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 1 Nov 1982LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS REMOTE TANKER TERMINAL STODDAY NEAR LANCASTER
Received 30 Mar 2004BROUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL WOODPLUMPTON LANE BROUGHTON
Received 24 Sept 2002BRINSCALL QUARRY, TWIST MOOR LANE, WITHNELL, CHORLEY
Received 18 Feb 2016LANEHEAD QUARRY
Received 7 Jul 1954LAND ADJACENT TO 217 GARSTANG ROAD FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 25 Nov 2010QUICKER DEMOLITION AND SKIPS ASHFIELD ROAD BURNLEY
Received 18 Mar 2020PARK HIGH SCHOOL, VENABLES AVENUE, COLNE
Received 13 May 2013SOUTHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL CLOVER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 26 Nov 2004LAND OFF PILLING LANE ADJACENT TO THORNTON HOUSE FARM, PREESALL
Received 12 Jul 2011FOGGS FARM, HOBBS LANE, CLAUGHTON ON BROCK.
Received 20 Mar 2017BACUP AND RAWTENSTALL GRAMMAR SCHOOL GLEN ROAD WATERFOOT ROSSENDALE
Received 29 Mar 2006ORMSKIRK SCHOOL WIGAN ROAD ORMSKIRK
Received 18 Aug 2003LAND TO THE REAR OF ST OSWALDS CHURCH AND THE PROPERTIES ON WESTEND AVENUE COPPULL
Received 10 Sept 2012LYTHAM MOSS, LYTHAM ST ANNES (M55 TO HEYHOUSES LINK)
Received 21 Jan 2019WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, DEANS LANE, LATHOM
Received 29 Oct 2015BALMORAL CHILDRENS CENTRE SANDYLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL BALMORAL ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 21 Sept 2010Records 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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