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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
MOSSY LEA PRIMARY SCHOOL MOSSY LEA ROAD WRIGHTINGTON
Received 5 Jan 2010CONSTABLE LEE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, HOLLIN LANE, ROSSENDALE.
Received 15 Jan 2014Land at Scout Moor Quarry, Scout Road, Ramsbottom, Bury
Received 31 Mar 2023RIGBY/HOUGHTON HOUSE QUARRY AND LANDFILL SITE
Received 11 Jun 2003LAND AT MAINWAY SKERTON, ADJACENT TO EXISTING U.U FACILITY
Received 5 Apr 2011NELSON INTERCHANGE LAND BOUNDED BY BROADWAY BROAD STREET STANWORTH ROAD RAILWAY STREET AND EXISTING RAILWAY LINE
Received 24 Apr 2007WADDINGTON FELL QUARRY FELL ROAD WADDINGTON CLITHEROE
Received 10 Feb 2006STAGHILLS CHILDREN CENTRE, TOP BARN LANE, NEWCHURCH, ROSSENDALE.
Received 24 Apr 2013CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS
Received 27 Jun 1997WALSHAW HIGH SCHOOL EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 9 Aug 2002BRUNSHAW PRIMARY SCHOOL MORSE STREET BURNLEY
Received 14 May 2004RIVINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL HORROBIN LANE RIVINGTON
Received 10 Oct 2002EASDEN CLOUGH MORSE STREET BURNLEY
Received 22 Jul 2020HALL PARK CP SCHOOL SOUTH PARK LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 26 Jun 2002PRIORY TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE CROW HILLS ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 5 Mar 2004BOWERHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 17 Feb 2014WADDINGTON FELL QUARRY, SLAIDBURN ROAD, WADDINGTON
Received 29 Jan 2021HEYS STREET THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 1 Aug 2002LAND OFF SOUTHPORT ROAD, SCARISBRICK
Received 14 Mar 2022COPPULL PRIMARY SCHOOL, PARK ROAD, COPPULL, CHORLEY
Received 23 Jan 2009RIBBLETON AVENUE COUNTY INFANT AND METHODIST JUNIOR SCHOOL RIBBLETON AVENUE PRESTON
Received 28 Jul 2003COPPICE SCHOOL ASH GROVE BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 30 Jul 2010LAND NW OF CATON GREEN ENCLOSED BY RIVER LUNE
Received 23 Jul 2020SANDYLANDS COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL HAMPTON ROAD HEYSHAM MORECAMBE
Received 2 Feb 2007Records 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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