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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FIELD OFF OXCLIFFE ROAD WHITE LUND
Received 13 Sept 2007Bradley Nursery Bradley Road Nelson
Received 23 Jan 2002JAMESTONE QUARRY HEAP CLOUGH GRANE ROAD HASLINGDEN
Received 21 Oct 2005CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 14 Oct 2002ST THOMAS THE MARTYR C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL MILL LANE UPHOLLAND SKELMERSDALE
Received 19 Feb 2010BASNETT STREET NURSERY, BASNETT STREET, BURNLEY
Received 19 Aug 2013SANDONS FARM ADLINGTON
Received 5 Mar 2012LAND IN LEA, COTTAM AND BARTLE AND TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUILT UP AREA OF PRESTON.
Received 25 Jul 2019WITHNELL WASTE DISPOSAL SITE, BOLTON ROAD, ABBEY VILLAGE CHORLEY
Received 19 Feb 1985GREAT KNOWLEY AND GORSE HALL QUARRIES BLACKBURN ROAD CHORLEY
Received 14 May 2004WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE BOLTON ROAD NEAR CHORLEY
Received 14 Nov 2002BORWICK HALL, BORWICK, CARNFORTH
Received 3 Apr 2014PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMROSE HILL ROAD, EUXTON
Received 26 Mar 2018RAKEHEAD LANDFILL SITE BLACKWOOD ROAD BACUP
Received 15 Aug 2003WEST LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE CHAPEL HOUSE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 30 Sept 2011MOORFIELD SCHOOL MOOR PARK PRESTON
Received 29 Nov 2004SKERTON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL MAINWAYS LANCASTER
Received 30 Dec 2002Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 15 Jun 2026LAND ADJACENT TO YEW TREE COTTAGE MELLING
Received 12 Jan 2007CAR PARK AT JUNCTION OF ST MARY'S WAY AND BANK STREET RAWTENSTALL
Received 8 Jan 2013PEDDER FAR PUMPING STATION PEDDER ROAD OVERTON
Received 28 Jun 2002IRON HOUSE FARM, LANCASTER ROAD, OUT RAWCLIFFE.
Received 17 Oct 2013NATEBY PRIMARY SCHOOL LONGMOOR LANE NATEBY
Received 19 Nov 2002AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF PLUMPTON HALL FARM TO WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, PRESTON
Received 10 Feb 2022Records 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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