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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND BETWEEN SHARPLES LANE AND A586 (TARNACRE LANE) ST MICHAELS ON WYRE GARSTANG
Received 14 Oct 2009ST JAMES THE LESS PRIMARY UNITY WAY RAWTENSTALL
Received 26 May 2010HOLME SLACK PRIMARY SCHOOL MANOR HOUSE LANE PRESTON
Received 11 Oct 2005LAND IN LEA, COTTAM AND BARTLE AND TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUILT UP AREA OF PRESTON.
Received 17 Aug 2020LAND AT SIMONSWOOD MOSS, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KIRKBY
Received 3 Jul 2012CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL, CRAG ROAD, LANCASTER.
Received 31 Jan 2014MORECAMBE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, MORECAMBE ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 21 Feb 2018Colne Youth and Community Centre, Byron Road, Colne
Received 5 Apr 2007PREESALL SALTFIELD SALTMINE WYRE ESTUARY LANCASHIRE
Received 20 Feb 2009Catlows Yard, Whitegate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe, LA3 3BS
Received 1 Jun 2026WALTON LE DALE PRIMARY SCHOOL, SEVERN DRIVE, WALTON LE DALE.
Received 28 May 2015DUNALD MILL QUARRY NETHER KELLET
Received 3 May 2006DEEPDALE JUNIOR AND INFANT SCHOOLS ST STEPHEN'S ROAD PRESTON
Received 15 Oct 2004HOWICK CE PRIMARY SCHOOL LIVERPOOL ROAD HUTTON PRESTON
Received 26 May 2004HOLME SLACK CP SCHOOL, MANOR HOUSE LANE, PRESTON
Received 29 Nov 2012LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 1 Jun 2007HAMPSON GREEN DEPOT HAMPSON LANE HAMPSON GREEN LANCASTER
Received 14 Jul 2008MOSS SIDE PRIMARY PARADISE LANE LEYLAND
Received 18 Aug 2010ECCLESTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, DOCTORS LANE, CHORLEY
Received 25 Nov 2008WEAVERS BROW LIMBRICK HEATH CHORLEY
Received 23 Jul 2003GROSVENOR PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL ROEBURN DRIVE MORECAMBE
Received 11 Aug 2009BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS CUERDALE LANE SAMLESBURY
Received 21 Sept 2010LANCASHIRE WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK,SUSTAINABILITY WAY, LEYLAND
Received 1 Aug 2008CLAUGHTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORK TRACK TO THE NORTH OF THE A683 CLAUGHTON
Received 3 Oct 2018Records 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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