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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF CORPORATION STREET COLNE
Received 31 Mar 1980WILPSHIRE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS RIBCHESTER ROAD CLAYTON LE DALE
Received 28 Dec 2020SOUTHERN HALF OF FIELD 52, RIGBY HOUSE FARM, ADLINGTON
Received 1 Apr 1964BROCKHOLES WOOD SCHOOL, BRANT ROAD, PRESTON
Received 22 Apr 2015HOTHERSALL LODGE HOTHERSALL LANE HOTHERSALL PRESTON
Received 28 Jun 2011EUXTON PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMROSE HILL ROAD EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 26 Feb 2009Broughton By-Pass, Broughton
Received 1 Jul 2022LAND AT SKELMERSDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, DEANS LANE, HOSCAR.
Received 7 Aug 2015MOOR PARK BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE MOOR PARK AVENUE PRESTON
Received 10 Oct 2006WILLOW NURSERY SCHOOL MILKINGSTILE LANE LANCASTER
Received 6 Jun 2005FORMER RAILWAY SIDINGS AND LAND BETWEEN THE HUNCOAT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ACCRINGTON CRICKET CLUB AND THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY
Received 25 Jan 2008WESTHEAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, CASTLE LANE, WESTHEAD, ORMSKIRK
Received 19 Apr 2022SITA UK LTD WHINNEY HILL ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 19 Nov 2012RIDGE PRIMARY KESWICK ROAD LANCASTER
Received 8 Jul 2009Back Lane Quarry, Back Lane, Nether Kellet, Carnforth, LA6 1EA
Received 28 May 2024HUNCOAT POWER STATION, ALTHAM LANE, HUNCOAT
Received 20 Feb 1974CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS
Received 28 Oct 2013Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 17 May 2024SUNSHINE CENTRE BROCKHOLES WOOD SURESTART BRANT ROAD PRESTON
Received 13 Dec 2007LAND SOUTH WEST OF SASWICK HOUSE ELSWICK
Received 22 Feb 1996ICI HILLHOUSE FLEETWOOD
Received 1 Jan 1997Ringway Tutorial Centre, Ringway, Thornton Cleveleys
Received 5 Feb 2024CHAUCER PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHAUCER ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 31 Mar 2017SHERWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, SHERWOOD WAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON.
Received 17 Jun 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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