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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
GLENBURN HIGH SCHOOL & SPORTS COLLEGE YEWDALE SOUTHWAY SKELMERSDALE
Received 15 Jun 2010QUEENS DRIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL BLACK BULL LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 25 May 2004PRIORY HIGH SCHOOL TREVOR ROAD BURSCOUGH NR ORMSKIRK
Received 13 Jan 2003MONITORING WORKS IN A 4KM RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED ROSEACRE WOOD SITE, OFF ROSEACRE ROAD AND INSKIP ROAD, ROSEACRE AND WHARLES, PRESTON.
Received 17 Jun 2014ORMSKIRK HIGH SCHOOL
Received 15 Oct 20042-8 VENICE AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 13 Sept 2010RISHTON METHODIST SCHOOL GEORGE STREET RISHTON
Received 15 Feb 2010ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE QUEENS PARK ROAD BURNLEY
Received 23 Jul 2020WHITECHAPEL SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE, INGLEWHITE, PRESTON
Received 7 Dec 2015LAND SOUTH WEST OF SASWICK HOUSE ROSEACRE LANE ELSWICK
Received 12 Feb 1998GREAT WOOD PRIMARY BEAUFORT ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 17 Mar 2010CUERDALE LANE SAMLESBURY
Received 23 Jul 2008GARSTANG HIGH SCHOOL,GARSTANG ROAD, BOWGREAVE,GARSTANG
Received 7 Apr 2011OFF HOLME ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 12 Oct 2009LITTLE TOOTER - SMALL ORIGINAL SITE
Received 12 Apr 2002CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 5 Jul 2010LAND BETWEEN LOWER BURGH AND BURGH HALL ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 31 Jan 1967LAND SOUTH OF COCKER AVENUE, POULTON - LE- FYLDE
Received 11 Jun 2012OLD PRINTWORKS CATTERALL
Received 13 Jul 1999UNIT 11 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD
Received 8 Aug 2017WOODLANDS RESOURSE CENTRE 155 ST ANDREW'S ROAD SOUTH ST ANNES
Received 13 Apr 2005MASTER BLOCK DISTRIBUTION OFFICE HIGH ROADS QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 14 Sept 2004FORMER QUARRY TO NORTH OF MITCHELL'S HOUSE RESERVOIR OFF KINGS HIGHWAY ACCRINGTON
Received 1 Sept 1997LOSTOCK HALL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL LINDEN DRIVE LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 9 Dec 2002Records 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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