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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LEYLAND WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK SUSTAINABILITY WAY LEYLAND
Received 25 Jan 2010LAND ADJACENT TO THE NORMAN JEPSON HOTEL BETWEEN BLUEBELL WAY AND THE ON SLIP ROAD AT JUNCTION 31A OF THE MOTORWAY
Received 28 Feb 2007LANCASHIRE WASTE RECYCLING LTD, UNIT 8 BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, THORNTON
Received 8 Oct 2014HIGHER BROCKHOLES FARM PRESTON
Received 24 Nov 1969MARSDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL, PERCY STREET, NELSON
Received 31 Oct 2011IRON HOUSE FARM, LANCASTER ROAD, OUT RAWCLIFFE, PRESTON
Received 10 Dec 2014ADJACENT TO WAGON AND HORSES ADLINGTON
Received 9 Jul 2004Hapton Valley Transfer Station, Hapton Valley Estate, Accrington Road, Burnley
Received 24 Oct 2023ROYAL CROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL, ELSWICK ROAD, ASHTON ON RIBBLE, PRESTON
Received 29 Oct 2014RIBBY WITH WREA ENDOWED C OF E PRIMARY DUBSIDE WREA GREEN PRESTON
Received 5 Sept 2003UNIT 72A ROMAN WAY LONGRIDE ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 10 Mar 2008CROOK O'LUNE TOILETS LOW ROAD CAR PARK LOW ROAD CROOK O'LUNE CATON
Received 11 Dec 2003CATLOW FOLD FARM SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 10 Dec 2012THE LAURELS AT CHARNOCK, PRESTON ROAD, CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 21 Dec 2021CHARLES SAER COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, GRANGE ROAD, FLEETWOOD,
Received 12 Jun 2013SANDONS FARM, SANDY LANE, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 16 Mar 2015WATERY LANE CUSTOMS LANE PRESTON
Received 23 Oct 2009CARDINAL ALLEN RC HIGH SCHOOL MELBOURNE AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 25 Jul 2002MIDGELAND FARM LANDFILL SITE MARTON BLACKPOOL
Received 18 Oct 2004ACORNS PRIMARY SCHOOL, BLACKPOOL ROAD, PRESTON
Received 9 Sept 2020OFF JUNCTION ROAD/CHANNEL WAY PRESTON
Received 23 Oct 2009LAND AT ROSSENDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS IRWELL VALE ROAD EWOOD BRIDGE HELMSHORE
Received 3 Aug 2015FORMER BUS STATION 2 KNOWSLEY ROAD ORMSKIRK
Received 13 Aug 2002SHEFFERLANDS HALL FOUNDRY LANE SLYNE LANCASTER
Received 15 Feb 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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