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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
THORPE VIEW DAY CENTRE THORPE AVENUE MORECAMBE
Received 31 Jan 2006Broadgate, Riverside and Riverside Road, Preston
Received 19 Mar 2025LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BOOTH ROAD WATERFOOT
Received 6 Aug 2012Staining CE School Staining Road Staining
Received 27 Nov 2001FORMER HANSON PLC SITE, WHITEGATE, WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MORECAMBE
Received 25 Nov 2019LAND OPPOSITE BIBBYS FARM, PILLING LANE, PREESALL
Received 1 Jun 2011CLAYTON BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, GREAT GREENS LANE, BAMBER BRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 6 Mar 2009Lea Community Primary School, Greaves Town Lane, Preston
Received 1 Aug 2023PENWORTHAM GIRL'S HIGH SCHOOL, COP LANE, PENWORTHAM
Received 18 Jun 2013LOSTOCK HALL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL TODD LANE NORTH LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 19 May 2004HEASANDFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL QUEEN VICTORIA ROAD BURNLEY
Received 20 May 2005CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL, CRAG ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 6 May 2013BLACKO PRIMARY SCHOOL GISBURN ROAD BLACKO NELSON
Received 18 Apr 2005BARROW PRIMARY SCHOOL OLD ROW BARROW CLITHEROE
Received 23 May 2007WHINNEY HILL QUARRY, WHINNEY HILL ROAD,ACCRINGTON
Received 9 Feb 2016LAND ADJACENT TO GARTHWOOD BARN SCORTON
Received 15 Apr 1981PEEL PARK CP SCHOOL ALICE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 22 Oct 2002LAND OFF REGENT STREET COLNE
Received 18 Dec 2007BRUNSHAW FOUNDATION CENTRE MORSE STREET BURNLEY
Received 22 Jun 2011CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL CRAG ROAD LANCASTER
Received 7 Apr 2009KIRKHAM AND WESHAM PRIMARY NELSON STREET KIRKHAM
Received 29 Oct 2010LANCASHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS GARSTANG ROAD FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 21 Feb 2005DUNALD MILL QUARRY, LONG DALES LANE, NETHER KELLET.
Received 25 Jul 2016LEYLAND WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS EMNIE LANE LEYLAND
Received 28 Mar 2003Records 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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