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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LEYLAND WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK SUSTAINABILITY WAY LEYLAND
Received 7 Jan 2010PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET, PRESTON
Received 24 Aug 2017WELLFIELD HIGH SCHOOL YEWLANDS DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 17 Dec 2004HILLSIDE SPECIAL SCHOOL, RIBCHESTER ROAD, HOTHERSALL, LONGRIDGE
Received 1 Mar 2016REAM HILLS FARM MYTHOP ROAD WEETON
Received 20 Nov 2015ARCHBISHOP HUTTON PRIMARY SCHOOL BACK LANE WARTON CARNFORTH
Received 16 Oct 2002GISBURN ROAD COMMUNITY PRIMARY GISBURN ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 10 May 2010CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 10 Mar 1982TRINITY CHURCH OF ENGLAND METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL KILN LANE SKELMERSALE
Received 12 Jan 2005ST JAMES THE LESS ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL UNITY WAY RAWTENSTALL
Received 13 Jan 2004WHINNEY HILL QUARYY WHINNEY HILL ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 28 Jun 2010FLAKEFLEET PRIMARY SCHOOL NORTHFLEET AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 16 Oct 2009BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS SAMLESBURY PRESTON
Received 16 Apr 2004RED MARSH SCHOOL, HOLLY ROAD, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 6 Mar 2015MORECAMBE BAY CP SCHOOL, STATION ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 1 Mar 2011FULWOOD AND CADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL CADLEY CAUSEWAY FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 26 Jan 2007Rigby Houghton Landfill site Adlington
Received 10 Apr 2001WEST END PRIMARY CHATSWORTH ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 30 Aug 2012Lytham Pumping Station off Graving Dock Road
Received 3 Sept 1998HALTON PARK ESTATE AND HERMITAGE FIELD LOW ROAD HALTON
Received 5 Dec 2003DUNALD MILL QUARRY, LONG DALES LANE, NETHER KELLET
Received 22 Mar 2017Grange County Primary School, Grange Avenue, Preston, PR2 6PS
Received 13 Jun 2024Horncliffe Quarry Landfill Site, Bury Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale
Received 25 Apr 2025GISBURN PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD GISBURN
Received 27 May 2002Records 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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