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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
OPPOSITE 4 LYNWOOD DRIVE STALMINE
Received 11 Dec 2007ST JAMES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL SLATER LANE LEYLAND
Received 22 Nov 2002DALLAS ROAD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGH STREET LANCASTER
Received 13 Jul 2004CITY CENTRE COMMERCIALS, TOWER HOUSE, SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD, KIRKBY.
Received 13 Nov 2019LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BOOTH ROAD WATERFOOT
Received 5 May 2009BELTHORN PRIMARY SCHOOL BELTHORN ROAD BELTHORN
Received 15 Mar 2004EUXTON PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMROSE HILL ROAD EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 26 Apr 2006WHINNEY HILL BRICKWORKS ACCRINGTON
Received 23 Dec 1985HIGHER BROCKHOUSE QUARRY SAMLESBURY
Received 10 Apr 1996Land off Lowerfold Road, Great Harwood.
Received 20 Sept 2007ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE - WHOLE SITE
Received 10 Sept 1997BLACK MOSS SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE CHAPEL HOUSE SKELMERSDALE
Received 26 Apr 2005FRONT OF BUS STATION, DAMSIDE STREET, LANCASTER
Received 30 Jul 2012HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY
Received 5 Feb 1973TOWN LANE, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 30 May 1961LAND AT CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD PRESTON
Received 7 Feb 1996KIRKHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 10 Dec 1997ST MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL HAIG AVENUE LEYLAND
Received 24 Mar 2005LANCASTER ROAD PRIMRY LANCASTER ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 19 Oct 2010HOLME SLACK PRIMARY MANOR HOUSE LANE PRESTON
Received 6 Dec 2010AINSDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MEADOW LANE, HALSALL, SOUTHPORT
Received 14 Sept 2021LYTHAM HALL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTH PARK, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 9 Sept 2013ADJACENT TO HEATHER COTTAGE ACRES LANE PREESALL
Received 1 Dec 2006BORWICK LAKE, NR CARNFORTH
Received 6 Sept 2012Records 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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