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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
DOLPHINHOLME PRIMARY SCHOOL, DOLPHINHOLME, LANCASTER
Received 26 Jun 2014MILES FOX (HAULAGE) LTD SALTHILL INDUSTRIAL EST LINCOLN WAY CLITHEROE
Received 9 Jul 2009ELMS AND SHERBURN SCHOOLS MOOR PARK BLACKPOOL ROAD PRESTON
Received 19 Sept 2002SCALE HALL PUMPING STATION, SALT AYRE LANE, SCALE HALL LANCASTER
Received 5 Apr 2011ENVIRO SKIPS LTD RAKEHEAD LANE STACKSTEADS BACUP
Received 13 May 2011LAND/CAR PARK ADJACENT TO CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 5 Oct 2007ENFORCEMENT APPEAL - FInnington Lane
Received 6 Nov 2023HEYSHAM TRUMACAR CPS COMBERMERE ROAD HEYSHAM MORECAMBE
Received 12 Jun 2007GRASSED AREA TO THE WEST AND EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF POWIS ROAD AND WATERY LANE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 19 Dec 2011BACK LANE QUARRY, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH
Received 28 Mar 2012117-118 CLYDESDALE PLACE, MOSS SIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEYLAND
Received 15 Mar 2016ELSWICK GENERATION STATION OFF ROSEACRE ROAD ELSWICK
Received 17 Jan 2020MORECAMBE METALS LTD, NORTHGATE, WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MORECAMBE
Received 20 Feb 2012SCOUT MOOR QUARRY EDENFIELD
Received 20 Oct 2005GAWTHORPE HIGH SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 17 Aug 2004LYTHAM ST ANNES HIGH TECHNICAL COLLEGE WORALEY ROAD ANSDELL LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 3 Dec 2003BEACON VIEW RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME KILN LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 1 Apr 2004ST MARYS RC PRIMARY LONDON STREET FLEETWOOD
Received 2 Mar 2010THORNEYHOLME ROAD DAY NURSERY THORNEYHOLME ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 1 Mar 2004JAMESON ROAD LANDFILL SITE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 25 Feb 2010TORRISHOLME COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL LOW LANE TORRISHOLME
Received 1 Nov 2004ORMSKIRK SCHOOL WIGAN ROAD ORMSKIRK
Received 24 Nov 2004CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS
Received 28 Jun 1991BRIDGE STREET PUMPING STATION BRIDGE STREET WHEELTON
Received 16 May 2003Records 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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