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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ST MARY AND ST BENEDICT'S R C PRIMARY SCHOOL BROWNEDGE LANE BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 22 Mar 2004LOMESHAYE JUNIOR SCHOOL, NORFOLK STREET, NELSON
Received 3 Oct 2014MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY SALT AYRE LANDFILL SITE OVANGLE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 18 Oct 2002PENDLE VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL, GIBFIELD ROAD, COLNE,
Received 1 Dec 2014CCC LTD WASTE TRANSFER STATION SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE STOPGATE LANE NR KIRKBY
Received 3 Feb 2006WHITEGATE CHILDRENS CENTRE VICTORIA ROAD PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 21 Jan 2006WALTER STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL WALTER STREET BRIERFIELD NELSON
Received 19 Aug 2004Carleton Green Community Primary School, Arundel Drive Carleton
Received 27 Feb 2002BRECK PRIMARY SCHOOL FOULDREY AVENUE POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 4 Dec 2009EDISFORD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL EDISFORD ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 9 Jul 2007(ORCHARD END) NORTH WOODS HILL FARM EAGLAND HILL PILLING
Received 31 Aug 2004WYRE ESTUARY COASTAL PATH BETWEEN WYRE ESTUARY COUNTRY PARK AT STANAH AND FLEETWOOD MARSH NATURE RESERVE AND FLEETWOOD ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 1 Oct 2012ADJACENT HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY
Received 5 Jun 1958DEEPDALE JUNIOR AND INFANT SCHOOLS ST STEPHEN'S ROAD PRESTON
Received 23 Sept 2005LAND NEAR MYTHOP HALL FARM MYTHOP ROAD WEETON
Received 23 Dec 2004BROOKSIDE PRIMARY BRIGHT STREET CLITHEROE
Received 10 Mar 2010CAR PARK AT INDIA MILL NEWCHURCH ROAD ROSSENDALE
Received 23 Jan 2004LOSTOCK HALL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL AVONDALE DRIVE LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 29 Mar 2005HILLSIDE NURSERY SCHOOL CEDAR AVENUE HASLINGDEN
Received 12 May 2004LAND NORTH OF HOLME BRIDGE (LAND OFF NEW HALL HEY ROAD), RAWTENSTALL
Received 26 Feb 2013Croston Road Junction - A582
Received 8 Mar 2024BOWERHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 5 May 2005M D H, Langley Place, Burscough Industrial Estate, Burscough, Lancashire, L40 8JS
Received 27 Sept 2024HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOOD LANE, GREAT ALTCAR
Received 8 Aug 2016Records 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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