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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ADJACENT TO THE BOUNDARY OF MAY BANK MARSH LANE HAMBLETON
Received 13 Nov 2007WINCKLEY HOUSE CROSS STREET PRESTON
Received 6 Aug 2009LEYLAND GOLDEN HILL PUPIL REFERRAL UNIT EARNSHAW DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 10 Jun 2005Land adjacent to St Michael's on Wyre Pumping Station, junction of Garstang Road and Rawcliffe Road, St Michael's On Wyre
Received 26 Sept 2024SABDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL WHALLEY ROAD SABDEN
Received 6 Apr 2004PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET, PRESTON.
Received 27 Jun 2016LAND NORTH OF BLACKBURN ROAD A679, WEST END, STANHILL, HYNDBURN
Received 27 Sept 2021KENT STREET PRESTON (BECK BROTHERS)
Received 13 Mar 2003BURSCOUGH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS NEW LANE BURSCOUGH
Received 25 Apr 2008LAND AT EASTHAM FARM, SALTCOTES ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 18 Feb 1960BRADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, DOVER STREET, NELSON
Received 4 Apr 2016ROEBUCK PRIMARY INKERMAN STREET ASHTON PRESTON
Received 24 Aug 2011FIELD SW OF CATLOW TERRACE BARROW CLITHEROE
Received 16 Nov 2010WADDINGTON FELL QUARRIES, WADDINGTON.
Received 7 Feb 1980WB NELSONS MILL HIGHER WALTON PRESTON
Received 11 Oct 2005Southfield Lane Lay-By, Southfield Lane, Catlow, Burnley, BB10 3RJ
Received 2 Oct 2025CRIBDEN HOUSE SCHOOL
Received 6 Feb 2007DRL GROUP, THE OLD BRICKWORKS, ANNAS ROAD OFF PEEL ROAD WESTBY
Received 2 Oct 2012Bank Farm, 40 Martin Lane, Burscough
Received 17 Aug 2023BACUP NURSERY SCHOOL COWTOOT LANE BACUP
Received 21 Jan 2005WEST QUARRY APPLEY LANE NORTH APPLEY BRIDGE WEST LANCS
Received 2 Aug 1996HELMSHORE PRIMARY SCHOOL GREGORY FOLD HELMSHORE
Received 9 May 2007BOUNDARY FENCE ALONG PUBLIC FOOTPATH LEADING FROM ARNSIDE CRESCENT TO ST ANDREWS GROVE MORECAMBE
Received 21 Sept 2005ASHVIN METALS LTD, UNIT1A, COCKER AVENUE, POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, POULTON LE FYLDE.
Received 20 Jan 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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