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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
CHORLEY MAYFIELD SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 3 Mar 2017SPRING HILL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, EXCHANGE STREET, ACCRINGTON
Received 19 Jun 2012BLEASDALE HOUSE SCHOOL, EMESGATE LANE, SILVERDALE, CARNFORTH
Received 15 Jan 2013SKELMERSDALE GLENBURN HIGH SCHOOL YEWDALE SOUTHWAY SKELMERSDALE
Received 15 Sept 2004AINSDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MEADOW LANE, SOUTHPORT
Received 15 Feb 201648-54 FISHWICK PARADE PRESTON
Received 28 Nov 2003OFF POOL FOOT LANE, LITTLE SINGLETON, POULTON LE FYLDE.
Received 8 Nov 2013LOMESHAYE JUNIOR SCHOOL, NORFOLK STREET, NELSON
Received 13 Feb 2015BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY, PRESTON
Received 13 Oct 2020BARROWFORD COMMUNITY PRIMARY RUSHTON STREET BARROWFORD NELSON
Received 26 May 200949, 51, 53, 55, 57 AND 59 PITT STREET, PRESTON, PR1 8RB
Received 11 Sept 2012HIGHWAY ADJACENT TO 87 BACUP ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 12 Oct 2004M55 to Heyhouses link Lytham Moss, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire (Lytham Moss)
Received 30 Nov 2022FAVORDALE BYRON ROAD COLNE
Received 25 Jun 2004CARDINAL ALLEN RC HIGH SCHOOL MELBOURNE AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 29 Mar 2004MORECAMBE BAY CP SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 9 Nov 2011PRESTON EAST CHILDRENS CENTRE WATLING STREET ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 27 Jul 200749 PITT STREET PRESTON
Received 12 Sept 2006ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL HARRINGTON ROAD CHORLEY
Received 6 May 2008County Hall, Pitt Street, Preston
Received 18 Jan 2024High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 16 Apr 1985BLACKPOOL ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 24 Aug 2001MILBANKE CARE HOME STATION ROAD KIRKHAM PRESTON
Received 17 May 2005Broughton-in-Amounderness CE Primary School, Church Lane, Broughton
Received 26 Nov 2024Records 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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