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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 14 Dec 2010HEADBOSS LTD T/A STEVE DURKIN VEHICLE SERVICES AND FORMER MICHELIN ATHLETIC CLUB WIDOW HILL ROAD BURNLEY
Received 17 Jan 2007ST JAMES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL DEVONPORT WAY CHORLEY
Received 3 Feb 2003LAND AT A59/SAMLESBURY ENTERPRISE ZONE, SAMLESBURY
Received 7 Feb 2014LAND OFF LYDIATE LANE CUERDEN
Received 25 Feb 2008LAND AT HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY BURNLEY
Received 30 May 1996ST MARYS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL WHALLEY ROAD, LANGHO
Received 22 Aug 2019COUPE GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL COUPE GREEN HOUGHTON PRESTON
Received 29 Mar 2004ST JOHNS C OF E PRIMARY HIGHAM HALL ROAD BURNLEY
Received 27 Oct 2010FORMER PARK HOTEL COMPLEX, EAST CLIFF, PRESTON.
Received 27 Jan 2020HILL TOP , MANCHESTER ROAD, ACCRINGTON
Received 15 Oct 2013LEABROOK SCHOOL BURNELY ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 5 Mar 2004LAND ADJOINING THE A582 AND B5253 HIGHWAYS FROM A582 BROAD OAK ROUNDABOUT, PENWORTHAM TO STANIFIELD LANE/WATKIN LANE ROUNDABOUT, LOSTOCK HALL AND THE B5253 FROM FLENSBURG WAY ROUNDABOUT FARINGTON TO LONGMEANYGATE JUNCTION, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE.
Received 27 Feb 2020CHAUCER PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAUCER ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 24 Oct 2012CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMMON BANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 20 May 2016HENTHORN ROAD LANDFILL SITE HENTHORN CLITHEROE
Received 29 Jul 2009OUR LADY & ST GERARDS PRIMARY LOURDES AVENUE LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 28 May 2007MONKROYD BRIDLEWAY BRIDGE AT LANESHAW BRIDGE
Received 25 May 2006BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS
Received 25 Apr 2003BRADLEY NURSERY SCHOOL, BRADLEY ROAD, NELSON
Received 9 Apr 2014HOLLAND MOOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CORN BROOK SKELMERSDALE
Received 22 Jun 2004NOOK GARAGE LONGMEADOW LANE RED MARSH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 18 Oct 2004High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 23 Jul 1962COUNTY HALL FISHERGATE PRESTON
Received 8 Mar 2012Records 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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