Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 12 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PAVILION WINDSOR DRIVE BRINSCALL
Received 21 Jan 2004BLEASDALE HOUSE SCHOOL, EMESGATE LANE, SILVERDALE, CARNFORTH
Received 17 Apr 2012LANCASHIRE COLLEGE SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 26 Sept 2003LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK FARINGTON LEYLAND
Received 13 Jun 2011STAGHILLS NURSERY SCHOOL TOP BARN LANE NEWCHURCH RAWTENSTALL
Received 11 Jul 2006Calder Vale Waste Water Treatment Works
Received 4 Jul 2001DOCK STREET FLEETWOOD
Received 24 May 2002BACK LANE/ HIGH ROADS QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 15 Dec 2003THE COPPICE SCHOOL, ASH GROVE, BAMBER BRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 13 Sept 2013LYTHAM HALL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL SOUTHPARK LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 30 Jan 2009SUMMERWOOD LANE WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION SUMMERWOOD LANE HALSALL
Received 12 May 2006ST HILDA'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL BISPHAM ROAD CARLETON POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 17 Oct 2005LAND AT LITTLE QUARRY, HILL TOP LANE, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 28 May 2015BLACK HILL TOP QUARRY SABDEN
Received 13 Jan 1950FROME STREET PRESTON
Received 8 Dec 2014MARSH LANE/WEST STRAND PRESTON
Received 28 Aug 2012BRINDLE GREGSON LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOURNES ROW, BRINDLE
Received 30 Jan 2015LAND AT NEW LEA HALL FARM AND WALLEND ROAD, RIVERSWAY, PRESTON.
Received 12 Feb 2015WHITTLE HILL QUARRY HILL TOP LANE WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 9 Nov 2005ENFIELD DAY CENTRE CHURCH LANE CLAYTON LE MOORS
Received 13 Dec 2010Farington County Primary School Rose Street. Farington
Received 4 Dec 2001Tulketh High School Tag Lane Preston
Received 24 Oct 2001Land at Scout Moor Quarry, Scout Road, Ramsbottom, Bury
Received 31 Mar 2023SIR JOHN THURSBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 31 Jul 2007Records 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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