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Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancashire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
5,679Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 4,825 approved or refused records
129Refused applications

4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Nov 1946 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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More application records

  1. Application Granted07/13/0334

    ERECTION OF A CANOPY

    KINGSFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL, MARTINFIELD ROAD,PENWORTHAM, PRESTON

    Received 13 May 2013
  2. Application Granted05/10/0184

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 1 OF PERMISSION 05/07/0333 TO ALLOW A FURTHER TWO YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THE DEVELOPMENT

    HM PRISON KIRKHAM FRECKLETON ROAD KIRKHAM

    Received 15 Mar 2010
  3. Application Approved08/07/1327

    ERECTION OF NEW BUILDING

    HILLS MOTORS GERRARD PLACE SKELMERSDALE

    Received 23 Oct 2007
  4. Application Granted12/13/0292

    PROPOSED MULTI USE GAMES AREA WITH ASSOCIATED 3M HIGH FENCING INCLUDING FLOODLIGHTING CONSISTING OF 4X8M HIGH LIGHTING COLUMNS, ERECTION OF A CYCLE STORE AND THE FORMATION OF TWO NEW WINDOWS TO THE FIRST FLOOR GABLE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TOGETHER WITH MINOR REVISIONS TO THE FENESTRATIONS.

    MEADOW BANK CENTRE, WHITTAM STREET, BURNLEY.

    Received 1 Jul 2013
  5. Application Approved03/08/0337

    NEW 12M TIMBER FOOTBRIDGE

    OXHEYWOODE FOOTBRIDGE SPRINGWOOD PICNIC SITE NEAR WHALLEY CLITHEROE

    Received 27 Mar 2008
  6. Application Approved14/04/0775

    CREATION OF A NEW ACCESS ROAD AND ERECTION OF A CONTROL KIOSK ASSOCIATED WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS

    LAND NORTH OF HOLME BRIDGE HASLINGDEN (LAND OFF NEW HALL HEY ROAD)

    Received 26 Oct 2004
  7. Application Approved13/05/0938

    OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 1050 PLACE SECONDARY SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED ACCESSES DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING EDGE END HIGH SCHOOL ON COMPLETION AND SITE RESTORATION AS FORMAL RECREATION AREA WITH CHANGING ACCOMMODATION AND ACCESS SUBMISSION OF RESERVED MATTERS - MEANS OF ACCESS

    BENTHEAD AND MANSFIELD HIGH PLAYING FIELDS WALVERDEN AND ELLAND ROAD NELSON

    Received 5 Dec 2005
  8. Application Granted11/12/0012

    EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING QUARRY FOR THE WINNING AND WORKING OF STONE FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION USE AND RESTORATION OF THE SITE WITH IMPORTED INERT FILL AND MINING MATERIAL FROM THE QUARRY

    PARK ROYAL HAULAGE LTD WHINNEY HILL QUARRY WHINNEY HILL ROAD ACCRINGTON

    Received 30 Sept 2011
  9. Application Approved01/04/0761

    PROPOSED RECYCLING UNIT ERECTED ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING WASTE TRANSFER STATION

    CANNON HYGIENE/OCS GROUP LIMITED NORTHGAT WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE MORECAMBE

    Received 4 Jun 2004
  10. Application Approved12/07/0825

    CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXTERNAL DOORWAY AND STAIRS

    ROSEGROVE INFANT SCHOOL OWEN STREET BURNLEY

    Received 22 Aug 2007
  11. Application Approved02/07/0406

    Variation of condition 9 of planning permission 02/99/0704 to alter operating hours

    Jameson Road Landfill Site, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 8TW

    Received 12 Apr 2007
  12. Application Ongoing13/11/0163/1

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS 5 DETAILS OF GABLE WALL, 6 BUILDING MATERIALS, 7 GAZEBO DETAILS, 8 COMMENCEMENT DATE, 11 STOCKPILE DETAILS, 13 REVERSING ALARMS, 14 DUST MANAGEMENT, 15 HIGHWAYS, 17 HIGHWAYS, 18 HIGHWAYS, 20 EXTERNAL LIGHTING, 22 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 25, LANDSCAPING, 26 BOUNDARY TREATMEN...

    LAND OFF EVERY STREET WHITEFIELD NELSON (WHITEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL)

    Received 7 Oct 2013
  13. Application GrantedLCC/2022/0016

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 21 AND 25 OF PLANNING PERMISSION LCC/2014/0008 TO ALLOW EXTENSION OF THE APPROVED MINERAL WORKING AREA

    RAVENHEAD QUARRY, CHEQUER LANE, UPHOLLAND

    Received 8 Apr 2022
  14. Application Granted11/12/0382

    EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL CAR PARK AND FORMATION OF A PLAY GROUND

    HIPPING METHODIST PRIMARY HERON WAY OSWALDTWISTLE ACCRINGTON

    Received 21 Sept 2012
  15. Application Approved01/07/0008

    PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVE ACCESS ROUTE TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF BUND

    BORWICK LAKE NEAR CARNFORTH

    Received 3 Jan 2007
  16. Application GrantedLCC/2014/0139

    ERECTION OF AN OUTDOOR PAVILION TO THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

    SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY, OXFORD ROAD, BURNLEY.

    Received 26 Sept 2014
  17. Application Approved02/06/1335

    WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK FOR THE TREATMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPRISING BUILDINGS TO HOUSE A WASTE REDUCTION RECOVERY AND RECYCLING FACILITY A GREEN WASTE COMPOSTING FACILITY A DRY RECYCLABLES TRANSFER STATION AND A PERCOLATION PLANT INCORPORATING BIOGAS PLANT AND ELECTRICITY GENERATING EQUIPMEN...

    LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS

    Received 24 Nov 2006
  18. Application GrantedLCC/2016/0091

    ERECTION OF BUILDING AND INSTALLATION OF BIOMASS BOILER TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF AN 11M EXTERNAL EXHAUST STACK.

    BLACKPOOL SKIP HIRE, BEACON ROAD ,POULTON-LE-FYLDE

    Received 5 Dec 2016
  19. Application GrantedLCC/2019/0069

    CHANGE OF USE OF END OF LIFE VEHICLE BUILDING TO USE FOR THE DRYING AND PELLETISING OF WASTE SOLID RECOVERED FUEL (SRF), CONSTRUCTION OF 2X20M HIGH FLUES, CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND DUCTING TO TRANSFER WARM AIR FROM BOILER TO THE PELLETISING BUILDING, AND THE STORAGE OF BALED SRF IN THE NORTHERN YA...

    HAPTON VALLEY TRANSFER STATION HAPTON VALLEY ESTATE ACCRINGTON ROAD HAPTON

    Received 26 Nov 2019
  20. Application GrantedLCC/2014/0081

    CANOPY TO REAR OF SCHOOL

    LEE ROYD NURSERY SCHOOL, ROYDS STREET, ACCRINGTON

    Received 28 Apr 2014
  21. Application Granted14/10/0126

    PERMANENT RETENTION OF THE HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE INCLUDING ACCESS ROAD SITE PORTACABIN 4 X 8M HIGH LIGHTING COLUMNS 2.4M HIGH SECURITY FENCING AND GATE AND CONCRETE SURFACE

    RAKEHEAD HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE BLACKWOOD ROAD STACKSTEADS BACUP

    Received 22 Feb 2010
  22. Application Approved01/04/1206

    CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OFFICES TO YOUTH ADVICE CENTRE

    6-8 KENSINGTON ROAD MORECAMBE

    Received 27 Aug 2004
  23. Application Granted08/11/0650

    ENCLOSURE OF THE COURTYARD TO CREATE AN EXTENSION TO THE CENTRE

    THE ACORN CENTRE 43 RUFF LANE ORMSKIRK

    Received 2 Jun 2011
  24. Application Approved03/81/0338

    RECLAMATION OF LORDS QUARRY TO AGRICULTURAL USE.

    LORDS QUARRY FORTY ACRE LANE LONGRIDGE

    Received 12 Mar 1981

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What these statistics cover

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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