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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS DEANS LANE LATHOM ORMSKIRK
Received 14 Jan 2010WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, DEANS LANE, HOSCAR.
Received 15 Jul 2013BOLTON BY BOWLAND C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, GISBURN ROAD, BOLTON BY BOWLAND
Received 22 Feb 2016BURNLEY HIGH SCHOOL BYRON STREET PADIHAM
Received 14 Jun 2021HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN RAWTENSTALL
Received 30 Apr 2003UNIT D12 REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 11 May 2017LAND TO THE WEST OF PENWORTHAM GOLF CLUB, SOUTH OF THE RIVER RIBBLE.
Received 29 Oct 2010LONGSANDS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, LONGSANDS LANE, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 19 Jun 2014HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOOD LANE, GREAT ALTCAR
Received 15 Aug 2017BURN NAZE PRIMARY SCHOOL HEYS STREET THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 7 Jul 2004KEN ALLEN AUTOWRECKERS NORTHGATE WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE MORECAMBE
Received 1 Aug 2012SHAFTSBURY HIGH SCHOOL, WELDBANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 29 Sept 2014LOW MOOR MILL FOOTBRIDGE LOW MOOR CLITHEROE
Received 18 Jan 2008BROADFIELD HOUSE BROADFIELD DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 19 Jan 2004HINDLES COMMERCIALS LIMITED TOWN LANE CHARNOCK RICHARD CHORLEY
Received 13 Jul 2004INFORMATION KIOSK/PUBLIC TOILET BUILDING LOCATED AT SPRINGWOOD, WHALLEY
Received 11 Aug 2020TONG FARM TONG LANE BACUP
Received 1 Jun 2010BORWICK HALL BORWICK ROAD BORWICK
Received 27 Jan 2020Fletcher Bank Quarry, Rossendale (Application C14788 in Greater Manchester)
Received 29 Aug 2000ROSEGROVE NURSERY SCHOOL, HAVELOCK STREET, BURNLEY
Received 6 Feb 2014LAND EAST OF GRANGE FARM CLIFTON MARSH FRECKLETON
Received 28 May 1980WEETON CAMP SINGLETON ROAD WEETON PRESTON
Received 5 May 2009BACK LANE QUARRY, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH
Received 2 Jul 2013GAWTHORPE HIGH SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 1 Sept 2006Records 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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