Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
PRESTON PLASTICS MOSS EDGE WORKS LANCASTER ROAD OUT RAWCLIFFE
Received 24 May 2005HENTHORN ROAD LANDFILL, HENTHORN ROAD, CLITHEROE,
Received 29 Jul 2009RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 30 Mar 1983LITTLE HOOLE PRIMARY DOB LANE WALMER BRIDGE
Received 10 Jun 2010ST JOHNS PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHAM HALL ROAD HIGHAM
Received 20 Jul 2021TOWNLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Received 19 Jul 2006GREEN MEADOW LANE HAMBLETON
Received 23 Jul 2008COLNE ROAD BRANCH LIBRARY BURNLEY
Received 2 Aug 2004Fletcher Bank Quarry, Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, BL0 0DD
Received 29 Oct 2025LAND SOUTH OF COCKER AVENUE POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 25 Sept 2020REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
Received 15 Nov 1985City of Preston High School, Ribbleton Hall Drive, Preston, PR2 6EE.
Received 23 Mar 2007GREENOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 28 Jul 2006PEEL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL ALICE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 29 Dec 2009JAMESON ROAD - CIVIC AMENITY AREA
Received 4 May 1999HEYHOUSES LINK ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 26 Feb 2009Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 17 Mar 2025SALTHILL DEPOT NORTH OF LINCOLN WAY SALTHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CLITHEROE
Received 23 Nov 2004TOWN GREEN PRIMARY TOWN GREEN LANE AUGHTON
Received 10 Mar 2009CLAYTON HALL DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS CHORLEY
Received 21 Apr 2008ST ANTHONYS CATHOLIC PRIMARY, ST ANTHONYS DRIVE, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 17 Jun 2013SALT AYRE, SALT AYRE LANE, LANCASTER.
Received 23 Dec 2013ADJACENT TO LOWER ASPEN FARM, ASPEN LANE, HYNDBURN
Received 2 May 2002W BAYBUTT LTD BURSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PLANTATION ROAD BURSCOUGH
Received 22 Jun 2010Records 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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