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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 20 Jan 2006GRANGE PRIMARY SCHOOL GRANGE AVENUE PRESTON
Received 30 Jan 2006Bank Farm, 40 Martin Lane, Burscough
Received 12 Jul 2023Clear Water Fisheries, Kellet Lane, Over Kellet
Received 15 May 2023LAND OFF BILSBORROW LANE, BILSBORROW, PRESTON
Received 17 Aug 2021BLESSED TRINITY RC COLLEGE, COAL CLOUGH LANE, BURNLEY, BB11 5BT
Received 21 Aug 2008Land south of Darkinson Lane, Lea, Preston
Received 11 Apr 2025St Annes RC School Slater Lane Leyland.
Received 19 Aug 1999ALBYN STREET EAST PRESTON
Received 25 Feb 2011SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL BRADSHAW ROW CHURCH ACCRINGTON
Received 4 Dec 2003SIR JOHN THURSBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 30 Nov 2007RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 9 Feb 1959YMCA MYTHOP ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 3 Jul 2009MOUNT PLEASANT PRIMARY SCHOOL EARL STREET CLAYTON LE MOORS ACCRINGTON
Received 18 Jun 2007NORTHGATE WHITE LUND MORECAMBE
Received 5 Oct 1983ULNES WALTON LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY
Received 5 Mar 1996CROW ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 3 Mar 2011HADDON HOUSE RESPITE CARE CENTRE GREENOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 5 Nov 2020LAND IN LEA, COTTAM AND BARTLE AND TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUILT UP AREA OF PRESTON
Received 11 Jul 2022ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL, HARRINGTON ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 19 Jul 2018UU RIVERSIDE PUMPING STATION, KINGSWAY, LANCASTER
Received 9 Nov 2011UNIT 26, HEYSHAM BUSINESS PARK, MIDDLETON, MORECAMBE
Received 18 Sept 2015PREESE HALL EXPLORATION SITE, PREESE HALL FARM, WEETON, KIRKHAM, PRESTON
Received 14 Jun 2011ELDON STREET PRIMARY, ELDON STREET, PRESTON
Received 6 May 2013Records 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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