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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BISHOP MARTIN CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL BIRKRIGG SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 May 2005PLAYING FIELDS OFF LANGSHAW DRIVE CLITHEROE
Received 31 May 2002HASLINGDEN LIBRARY DEARDENGATE HASLINGDEN
Received 18 Jan 2007West Lancashire Community High School, School Lane, Skelmersdale
Received 24 Apr 2023SOLREC MIDDLETON ROAD HEYSHAM
Received 4 Jul 1990CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL, CRAG ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 30 Jan 2012HIGHFIELD NURSERY SCHOOL WRIGHT STREET CHORLEY
Received 8 Feb 2012ROMAN WAY FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 22 May 2012LINDRED ROAD NELSON
Received 8 Oct 2002LYNNHURST HORTICULTURAL UNIT STANIFIELD LANE FARINGTON LEYLAND
Received 5 Nov 2004LAND AT BRADSHAW STREET CHURCH ACCRINGTON
Received 29 Nov 2005NEWCHURCH ROAD STACKSTEADS
Received 3 Feb 2006RIVERSIDE PUMPING STATION, KINGSWAY, LANCASTER
Received 5 Apr 2011MOORSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 13 Apr 2015LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BOOTH ROAD WATERFOOT
Received 18 May 2009LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY, KELLET ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 29 Sept 2021AUGHTON ST MICHAELS C OF E PRIMARY DELPH PARK AVENUE AUGHTON ORMSKIRK
Received 15 Apr 2011PADIHAM GREEN C OF E SCHOOL ST ANNES STREET PADIHAM
Received 21 Jul 2021POULTON LE FYLDE CHILDRENS CENTRE CARLETON GREEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY ARUNDEL DRIVE POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 21 Sept 2010ST BARTHOLOMEWS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL STREET WHITWORTH
Received 31 Mar 2009PRIMET PRIMARY SCHOOL TATTON STREET COLNE
Received 29 Jan 2004LYNNHURST, STANFIELD LANE, FARINGTON, PRESTON
Received 3 Jun 2015LAND TO WEST OF GAS WORKS OFF LEYLAND ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 14 Jan 2004CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON
Received 15 Jul 2016Records 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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