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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 OFF APPLEY LANE APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 5 Jun 1978BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, WATLING STREET ROAD, PRESTON
Received 30 Jun 2015LAND ATBALLAM ROAD LYTHAM
Received 14 Feb 2000BROOKFIELD PARK PRIMARY AND KINGSBURY SPECIAL SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 9 Jul 2009HOLE HOUSE FARM BROOKHOUSE LANCASTER
Received 25 Sept 2003Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 3 Oct 2024VALLEY ROAD WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION VALLEY ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 8 Feb 2011LONGSANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL, LONGDANDS LANE, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 25 Apr 2016LATHOM PARK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, HALL LANE, LATHOM, ORMSKIRK
Received 23 Apr 2018FROME STREET PRESTON
Received 29 May 2013Leapers Wood Quarry, Carnforth
Received 1 Nov 2005ADJACENT TO THE BOUNDARY AT MOSS HOUSE FARM MOSS SIDE LANE STALMINE
Received 13 Nov 2007ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE - WHOLE SITE
Received 5 Jun 2002LAND ADJACENT TO UNITED UTILITIES PUMPING STATION, GARDNER ROAD, WARTON, CARNFORTH
Received 30 Sept 2011LAND TO THE WEST OF PENWORTHAM GOLF CLUB, SOUTH OF THE RIVER RIBBLE
Received 6 Sept 2012LANCASHIRE HOUSE ST JAMES SQUARE THE GLOBE CENTRE ACCRINGTON
Received 18 Jan 2012WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE WHINNEY HILL ROAD
Received 24 Feb 2006DEERPLAY LANDFILL SITE BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 17 Dec 2004SIR JOHN THURSBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 1 Nov 2007WALTON HIGH SCHOOL OXFORD ROAD NELSON
Received 24 Aug 2006BALSHAW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BREDON AVENUE EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 16 Apr 2007CLAYTON HALL SAND QUARRY AND LANDFILL SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE-LE-WOODS CHORLEY
Received 22 Jun 1990GARSTANG HIGH SCHOOL,GARSTANG ROAD, BOWGREAVE,GARSTANG
Received 12 Dec 2008PRESTON NEW ROAD TEMPORARY SHALE GAS EXPLORATION SITE
Received 6 May 2016Records 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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