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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 CRAIGLANDS COURT LANCASTER
Received 9 Feb 2004CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 17 Nov 1989BRIERCLIFFE PRIMARY SCHOOL, DELAMERE ROAD, BRIERCLIFFE, BURNLEY
Received 7 Oct 2008HOOLE MARSH LANDFILL SITE LITTLE HOOLE
Received 8 Dec 1982WEST LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL LANE CHAPEL HOUSE SKELMERSDALE
Received 4 Feb 2011LAND WITH PENWORTHAM GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL OFF POPLAR DRIVE PENWORTHAM
Received 11 Feb 2011CARR HEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL CARR HEAD LANE POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 10 Feb 2005CHARLES SAER PRIMARY SCHOOL GRANGE ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 3 Jan 2003ST WULSTANS AND ST EDMUNDS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, POULTON ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 5 Sept 2011WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 20 Sept 2022SRM LTD MIDDLETON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 21 Aug 2002FLEETWOOD WWTW, JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 26 Feb 2015CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS
Received 31 Aug 2012COBBS BROW PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANFIELD, ASHURST, SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 Dec 2013Lytham Pumping Station off Graving Dock Road
Received 30 Jun 1998HESKIN LANE ORMSKIRK
Received 16 Sept 2004HIGHFIELD FARM FISHERIES GHANTS LANE HAMBLETON
Received 23 Jun 2020Kealshore Ltd, Williams Bros Industrial Park, Pingwood Lane, Simonswood, Liverpool, Kirkby, L33 4XZ
Received 18 Sept 2024RED MARSH SCHOOL, HOLLY ROAD, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 25 Apr 2018BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WATLING STREET ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 29 Jan 2004POULTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OLD MAINS LANE, POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 10 Sept 2012DEEPDALE ROAD OPPOSITE JUNCTION WITH EDMUND STREET PRESTON
Received 19 Jan 2011WALTON LE DALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, WINERY LANE, WALTON LE DALE, PRESTON
Received 16 Dec 2013ASHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL AINSDALE DRIVE ASHTON ON RIBBLE PRESTON
Received 23 Nov 2012Records 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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