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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RIBBLESDALE CEMENT WORKS WEST BRADFOED ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 2 Oct 1996ST MARY'S RC PRIMARY WHALLEY ROAD BILLINGTON WITH LANGHO
Received 30 Sept 2011Rossendale Waste Water Treatment Works, Irwell Vale Road, Haslingden, Rossendale
Received 7 Jun 2023LANEHEAD QUARRY CHATBURN
Received 22 May 2007STONEYHOLME NURSERY MARCH STREET BURNLEY
Received 2 Jun 2008DUKE STREET PRIMARY AND NURSERY DUKE STREET CHORLEY
Received 14 Jul 2009City Commercials Ltd Simonswood Ind Est Stopgate Lane Kikby
Received 27 Nov 2001COLNE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS REGENT STREET COLNE
Received 12 May 2003TUP BRIDGE FAMILY CENTRE NEWCHURCH ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 25 Apr 2003BROADFIELD SCHOOL FIELDING LANE OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 5 Jan 2007OCEAN EDGE CARAVAN PARK, HEYSHAM
Received 28 Nov 1990LAND OFF CRAWSHAW STREET CAR PARK, ACCRINGTON (ACCRINGTON BUS STATION)
Received 5 Jun 2015BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS GREENBERFIELD LANE BARNOLDSWICK
Received 22 Aug 2002MOORSIDE PRIMARY BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 5 May 2010430 RANGLET ROAD WALTON SUMMIT BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 26 Jun 2002HOLY CROSS RC HIGH SCHOOL BURGH LANE CHORLEY
Received 27 May 2003WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL GAS PROJECT WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM
Received 4 Jul 2011UNIT 8 BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, THORNTON
Received 8 Oct 2014CATFORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, PRESTON
Received 4 Jun 2015Carr Hill High School, Royal Avenue, Kirkham, PR4 2ST
Received 6 Jan 2025IGHTENHILL NURSERY SCHOOL LIONEL STREET BURNLEY
Received 16 Jan 2006LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, STODDAY LANE, LANCASTER
Received 28 Sept 2015TOWN GREEN PRIMARY TOWN GREEN LANE AUGHTON
Received 10 Mar 2009BOWGREAVE RISE, GARSTANG ROAD, BOWGREAVE, GARSTANG
Received 28 Mar 2022Records 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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