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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GREEN AYRE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE OFF PARLIAMENT STREET LANCASTER
Received 28 Aug 2012BRENNANDS ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET, SLAIDBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 6 May 2013WESTBY BRICK AND TILE COMPANY ANNAS ROAD PEEL LYTHAM 6118
Received 16 Jul 1970BLEASDALE HOUSE SCHOOL EMESGATE LANE SILVERDALE
Received 17 Nov 2009THE SITE SUPERVISOR'S HOUSE, BROOKFIELD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, WATLING STREET ROAD, PRESTON.
Received 25 Jun 2007BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF BONNY BARN ROAD, HUNDRED END, BANKS
Received 27 Mar 2014WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE, WHINNEY HILL ROAD, ALTHAM
Received 22 Jun 2015CATLOW QUARRY CRAWSHAW LANE CATLOW
Received 10 Mar 2010Sherdley Farm Ratten Lane Hutton.
Received 10 May 2001HEYSHAM M6 LINK
Received 5 Jul 2016Bacup Nursery, Cowtoot Lane, OL13 8EF
Received 7 Mar 2007LAND OPPOSITE 107 MOOR ROAD CROSTON
Received 5 Jun 2020450M NORTH OF HALE HALL FARM INSKIP ROAD WHARLES
Received 20 May 2010BASNETT STREET NURSERY SCHOOL, BASNETT STREET, BURNLEY
Received 15 May 2013HOLME VALE BRIDLEWAY BRIDGE HASLINGDEN
Received 9 Jul 2004KINGSFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL MARTINFIELD ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 19 Oct 2007INGOL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WHITBY AVENUE INGOL PRESTON
Received 7 Jun 2002RIDGE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, KESWICK ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 21 Mar 2011Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane
Received 27 Nov 2025SHAROE GREEN LIBRARY SHAROE GREEN LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 17 Oct 2007SHAFTESBURY HOUSE STRATFORD ROAD CHORLEY
Received 24 Aug 2010ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE, QUEENS PARK ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 2 Sept 2015BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS NAB'S HEAD INLET WORKS SPRING LANE SAMLESBURY
Received 19 Feb 2007CASTERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL THAMES AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 17 Mar 2005Records 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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