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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Dec 2009CLIFTON PRIMARY SCHOOL CLITHEROE ROAD LYTHAMST ANNES
Received 6 Jun 2002GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 21 Jul 2008CHAUCER PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAUCER ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 11 Oct 2005ANNAS ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, ANNAS ROAD, WESTBY, NR BLACKPOOL
Received 3 Mar 2011LAND FORMING PART OF LANCASTER WEST BUSINESS PARK MIDDLETON HEYSHAM
Received 2 Mar 2005LYTHAM MOSS LYTHAM ST ANNES (M55 TO HEYHOUSES LINK)
Received 21 Oct 2016JAMESON ROAD - CENTRAL AREA
Received 3 Apr 2002BROUGHTON BYPASS, PRESTON
Received 24 Jan 2019Fishnet Point adjacent to Glasson Dock and Yacht Club
Received 12 Nov 2001WHITTLE HILL QUARRY CHORLEY OLD ROAD WHITTLE-LE-WOODS CHORLEY
Received 22 Jan 1957PEAR TREE SCHOOL STATION ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 12 Dec 2005WITHNELL QUARRY BOLTON ROAD ABBEY VILLAGE NEAR CHORLEY
Received 7 Dec 1987TARNACRE QUARRY, TARNACRE LANE, ST MICHAELS ON WYRE
Received 31 Mar 2017UNIT 9 ABBEY LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURSCOUGH
Received 4 Dec 2007CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON
Received 8 Nov 2013WHITELEDGE CENTRE, SPENCERS LANE, SKELMERSDALE.
Received 20 Jun 2013LAND FRONTING NUTTER ROAD PRESTON
Received 13 Jul 2010AT CENTRAL QUARRY APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 24 Oct 1958YMCA MYTHOP ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 5 Oct 2009REAM HILLS FARM MYTHOP ROAD WEETON WITH PREESE
Received 4 Oct 2021PENWORTHAM BYPASS - FROM A582 BROAD OAK ROUNDABOUT CONNECTING TO A59 BETWEEN HOWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BLACKHURST COTTAGES.
Received 29 Oct 2019ST STEPHENS PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTH MEADOW LANE, PRESTON,
Received 20 Jan 2015SANDYLANDS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL NURSERY BALMORAL ROAD SANDYLANDS MORECAMBE
Received 8 Feb 2008Records 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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