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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
INGOL HWDC TOM BENSON WAY PRESTON
Received 30 Jul 2003FORMER EDGE END HIGH SCHOOL HIBSON ROAD NELSON
Received 26 Nov 2010HEYS LANE FARM HYNDBURN ROAD GREAT HARWOOD
Received 22 Mar 1976DOCK ACRES WARTON
Received 19 May 1997UNIT 21 A ROUGH HEY ROAD GRIMSARGH
Received 23 Apr 2012MORECAMBE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, MORECAMBE ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 9 Oct 2013LANCASHIRE WASTE RECYCLING, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 14 Nov 2016LEEMING QUARRY STONEYHURST CLITHEROE
Received 18 Mar 2013Sidgreaves Lane, Preston
Received 21 Dec 2023ALSTON LANE RC PRIMARY PRESTON ROAD ALSTON
Received 2 Mar 2010ST PETERS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL ST PETER'S ROAD NEWCHURCH ROSSENDALE
Received 19 Sept 2011ASHTON SCIENCE COLLEGE ALDWYCH DRIVE PRESTON
Received 22 Mar 2006ULNES WALTON RIDLEY LANE CROSTON CHORLEY
Received 5 Aug 2009RIBBLETON AVENUE METHODIST JUNIOR EMERSON ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 14 Jul 2003CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS CHORLEY
Received 13 Nov 2013PREESALL BRINEFIELD - BURROWS FARM, STALMINE
Received 4 Apr 2002HAMBLETON PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH LANE HAMBLETON POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 7 Aug 2009BRANDWOOD QUARRIES, STACKSTEADS, BACUP
Received 23 Apr 1980LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 12 Jun 2006LAND AT WITHIN GROVE HUNCOAT ACCRINGTON
Received 3 Jan 2007MINSTER JAGUAR PORTWAY ASHTON ON RIBBLE PRESTON
Received 18 Oct 2010ST JOSEPH'S RC INFANTS SCHOOL SLYNE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 28 Sept 2005TULKETH HIGH SCHOOL TAG LANE INGOL PRESTON
Received 18 Jul 2002SIMONSWOOD MOSS NORTH PERIMETER ROAD KIRKBY
Received 11 Oct 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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