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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LYTHAM ST ANNES TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE, WORSLEY ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 12 Aug 2019WEST LANCASHIRE YOUTH ZONE LAND ADJACENT TO POLICE STATION AND LIBRARY, SOUTHWAY SKELMERSDALE
Received 3 Dec 2013BLACKO PRIMARY SCHOOL GISBURN ROAD BLACKO
Received 12 May 2004LCES DEPOT GRANGE ROAD SINGLETON
Received 5 Jun 2006LAND OFF CHAPEL LANE ELLEL
Received 12 Sept 2007LAND TO THE NORTH OF CLEAR WATER FISHERIES KELLET LANE OVER KELLET
Received 28 Jan 2021WESTGATE C.P. SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, WESTGATE, MORECAMBE
Received 9 Mar 2007LAND IN LEA, COTTAM AND BARTLE AND TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUILT UP AREA OF PRESTON.
Received 7 Nov 2019PADIHAM GREEN C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL ST ANNES STREET PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 28 Nov 2005PREESE HALL EXPLORATION SITE, PREESE HALL FARM, WEETON, KIRKHAM
Received 14 Jan 2016HIGH ROADS NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 8 Sept 2004ST SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL LANE END ROAD BACUP
Received 27 Apr 2007EC02 RECYCLING SERVICES STATION ROAD PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 4 Jul 2011BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY
Received 17 Nov 2017ADJACENT TO 29 BARTON ROAD SCOTFORTH
Received 25 Mar 2004GARSTANG WWTW, CHURCHTOWN, NR GARSTANG
Received 6 May 2011BURNLEY BARDEN HIGH SCHOOL HEALD ROAD BURNLEY
Received 18 Jun 2008SIR JOHN THURSBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 30 Nov 2007STIRLING WORKS SIDING ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 7 Apr 2006BLESSED TRINITY CATHOLIC COLLEGE COAL CLOUGH LANE BURNLEY
Received 3 Jul 2007BRETHERTON ENDOWED CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL SOUTH ROAD BRETHERTON
Received 14 Sept 2004FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 23 Oct 2008COTESTONES LANDFILL SITE WARTON CARNFORTH.
Received 7 Feb 1967WATLING STREET ROAD FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 13 Apr 2011Records 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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