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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE WESTFIELD CENTRE WORDEN HIGH SCHOOL REDWOOD AVENUE LEYLAND
Received 9 Aug 2002MERE BROW WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS MERE BROW LANE OFF A565 MERE BROW
Received 24 Mar 2003HOLY TRINITY C OF E PRIMARY BOOTH ROAD BACUP
Received 15 Jul 2010ST MICHAELS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE KIRKHAM
Received 22 Jun 2005HUTCHBANK QUARRY, HASLINGDEN
Received 31 Oct 2013FROME STREET, PRESTON
Received 20 Jun 2013MORECAMBE ROAD SCHOOL MORECAMBE ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 22 Apr 2009LAND OFF HIGHFIELD ROAD, RAWTENSTALL
Received 8 May 2014RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 10 Dec 1971SCORTON QUARRY
Received 21 Dec 1987BASNETT STREET NURSERY
Received 17 Jan 2007WADDINGTON FELL QUARRY FELL ROAD WADDINGTON CLITHEROE
Received 12 Sept 2007BOLTON ROAD ABBEY VILLAGE CHORLEY
Received 23 Mar 1981ST PETERS PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROAD, HEYSHAM
Received 6 Jun 2012WESTGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 19 Jul 2013BALDERSTONE LANE HEASANDFORD BURNLEY
Received 5 Jul 2010RIVERSIDE WASTE TRANSFER AND RECYCLING CENTRE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 4 Sept 2014ST JOHN SOUTHWORTH RC PRIMARY SCHOOL LOMSHAYE ROAD NELSON
Received 18 Feb 2010MULTI STOREY CAR PARK COUNTY HALL COMPLEX ARTHUR STREET/PITT STREET PRESTON
Received 25 Jun 2004RIDGE PRIMARY KESWICK ROAD LANCASTER
Received 8 Jul 2009GROSVENOR PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROEBURN DRIVE, MORECAMBE.
Received 13 Feb 2013LAND AT CRAWSHAW STREET, ACCRINGTON (ACCRINGTON BUS STATION)
Received 24 Nov 2014ST ANDREW'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL TULKETH ROAD PRESTON
Received 13 Feb 2006WEST LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 7 Sept 2017Records 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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