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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BANKFIELD QUARRY CHATBURN
Received 6 Mar 2003St Peter`s CE Primary School School Lane Heysham
Received 17 Apr 2000ST THOMAS THE MARTYR CE SCHOOL MILL LANE UPHOLLAND SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 Mar 2008BROCKHOLES WOOD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BRANT ROAD PRESTON
Received 11 Oct 2005SHARPLES QUARRY, TARNACRE LANE, ST MICHAELS PRESTON
Received 6 Jan 2012LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK FARINGTON LEYLAND
Received 1 Feb 2007LAND OFF OLD ROAD, CHATBURN
Received 22 Nov 2019ELSWICK GENERATION STATION ROSEACRE LANE ELSWICK
Received 26 Nov 2008FACTORY LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 1 Nov 2004WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE, WHINNEY HILL ROAD, ACCRINGTON
Received 18 Jun 2012KNUZDEN ST OSWALD C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL MOUNT ST JAMES KNUZDEN
Received 1 Mar 2011PINGWOOD LANE, SIMONSWOOD, KIRKBY, LIVERPOOL,
Received 18 Jan 2008ST PAULS C E PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCOTFORTH ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 22 Apr 2015LANCASTER WWTW, OLD ALDCLIFFE LANE, STODDAY, LANCASTER
Received 15 Apr 2013PENWORTHAM GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, COP LANE, PENWORTHAM
Received 11 May 2016LAND SOUTH OF COCKER AVENUE, POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 27 Apr 2011CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 21 Dec 2001ROSEWOOD COMMUNITY PRIMARY ROSEWOOD AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 16 Feb 2012HIGHFIELD FARM FISHERIES, GHANTS LANE, HAMBLETON
Received 6 Jul 2022CLIFTON PRIMARY SCHOOL CLITHEROE ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 4 Nov 2010LEYLAND METHODIST JUNIOR SCHOOL CANBERRA ROAD LEYLAND
Received 25 Mar 2003BACK LANE QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 9 Aug 2012ADJACENT TO FAIRWINDS ON LANCASTER ROAD STAKE POOL NEAR PILLING
Received 4 Feb 2008STAR YOUTH CLUB TULKETH CRESCENT ASHTON PRESTON
Received 23 Jan 2003Records 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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