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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
HASLINGDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL RYEFIELD AVENUE HASLINGDEN
Received 22 Aug 2005TOWER HOUSE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 28 Jun 2017WEST END CP SCHOOL, CHATSWORTH ROAD, MORECAMBE,LA3 1BW
Received 25 Sept 2008ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL BOLTON ROAD CHORLEY
Received 9 Oct 2003LAND OFF KILN LANE HAMBLETON
Received 1 Jul 1999HARDROCK QUARRY, STONEY BROW, UPHOLLAND
Received 23 Dec 201333 HORNBY ROAD CATON LANCASTER
Received 31 Jul 2006GORDON STREET ACCRINGTON HYNDBURN
Received 30 Jul 2002CRAWSHAWBOOTH PRIMARY BURNLEY ROAD ROSSENDALE
Received 16 Dec 2010CATLOW FOLD FARM, SOUTHFIELD LANE, SOUTHFIELD.
Received 11 Jun 2015NORTH LANCASTER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE TORRISHOLME ROAD LANCASTER
Received 15 Mar 2005TULKETH HIGH SCHOOL TAG LANE PRESTON
Received 2 Mar 2015MARSH LANE/WEST STRAND PRESTON
Received 7 Jun 2011HELMSHORE TEXTILE MUSEUM HOLCOMBE ROAD HELMSHORE
Received 15 Jun 2006ST MARYS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL CONISTON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 23 Sept 2005LAND ADJACENT TO BLACK LANE NATEBY
Received 18 Jul 2002HEYSHAM VILLAGE CAR PARK HEYSHAM
Received 13 Feb 2008PLOT 3.4/BUILDING 2 LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK ENTERPRISE DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 21 Oct 2019TAYWOOD NURSERY TAY STREET BURNLEY
Received 22 Aug 2007APPLEY LANE NORTH (FORMER WEST QUARRY) APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 11 Jan 1988CASTLE CEMENT RIBBLESDALE WORKS CLITHEROE
Received 16 Aug 2004BUCKSHAW TRINITY C OF E METHODIST PRIMARY, UNITY PLACE, CHORLEY.
Received 13 Feb 2013LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, STODDAY LANE, LANCASTER.
Received 15 Feb 2017MOOR NOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE, RIBBLETON, PRESTON
Received 19 Mar 2014Records 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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