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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
POINT SIX YOUTH CLUB SOUTHWAY YEWDALE SKELMERSDALE
Received 14 Dec 2005MOSSGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL KINGSWAY HEYSHAM
Received 9 Jun 2010LANCASTER ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD, MORECAMBE.
Received 30 Sept 2015ADJACENT TO SCHOOL HOUSE AT THE JUNCTION OF SCHOOL LANE AND FLUKE HALL LANE NEAR PILLING
Received 11 Dec 2007STRAND ROAD FISHERGATE HILL TO NAVIGATION WAY PRESTON
Received 23 Jul 2010LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK LEYLAND PRESTON
Received 15 Dec 2005LAND OFF MYTHOP ROAD, WEETON.
Received 7 Oct 2015FORTON PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE FORTON
Received 15 Mar 2004HIGHER WALTON C OF E PRIMARY ROSEWOOD AVENUE HIGHER WALTON
Received 21 Mar 2011DAWBERS LANE EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 17 Mar 2005CHURCH VIEW FARM MOWBRECK LANE TREALES PRESTON
Received 27 Apr 2007SIR JOHN THURSBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 23 Feb 2009THE LOYNE SCHOOL, SEFTON DRIVE, LANCASTER
Received 26 Feb 2016ESKBANK DAY NURSERY ESKBANK SKELMERSDALE
Received 9 Feb 2004KELBROOK ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 5 Jun 2013LYTHAM ST ANNES TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE, WORSLEY ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 15 Oct 2019STAR YOUTH CLUB 34 TULKETH CRESCENT PRESTON
Received 15 Jun 2010BACK LANE QUARRY BACK LANE CARNFORTH
Received 19 Jul 2010BOWERHAM SCHOOL BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 18 Oct 2010LAND OFF WEST CRESCENT BROUGHTON PRESTON
Received 17 Nov 2008ANNAS ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, ANNAS ROAD, OFF PEEL ROAD, WESTBY
Received 11 Jan 2013Ravenhead Quarry, Chequer Lane, Upholland
Received 1 Dec 2022Land at Lower Micklehurst Farm, Habergham Eaves, Burnley
Received 22 Jan 2024LAND SOUTH WEST OF RIGBY HOUSE FARM
Received 4 May 1978Records 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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