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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Lea Lane, Preston, PR4 0RN
Received 1 Apr 2026HEYSHAM M6 LINK
Received 28 Oct 2016CASTERCLIFFE PRIMARY MARSDEN HALL ROAD NELSON
Received 20 Sept 2010DEERPLAY LANDFILL SITE BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER
Received 17 Mar 1998Land off Lea Road and Sidgreaves Lane Preston
Received 7 Feb 2024WHITEGATE CHILDRENS CENTRE VICTORIA ROAD PADIHAM
Received 30 Jan 2008Unit 34 Roman Way Industrial Estate Longridge Road Preston
Received 5 Nov 2001PIMBO BUSHES QUARRY, PIMBO LANE, UPHOLLAND
Received 9 Jun 2021THORNTON PRIMARY SCHOOL HEYS STREET THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 25 Sept 2007DALTON ST MICHAEL'S C E PRIMARY SCHOOL DALTON WIGAN
Received 16 Sept 2002LAND TO NORTH AND WEST OF EXISTING BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS SPRING LANE SAMLESBURY
Received 30 Jul 2012MIDGELAND FARM LANDFILL SITE MARTON BLACKPOOL
Received 20 Jan 2005CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS
Received 5 Dec 1984RIGBY HOUGHTON HOUSE QUARRY & LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD ADLINGTON
Received 26 Apr 2005CLEARWATER FISHERIES, KELLET LANE, WARTON, CARNFORTH
Received 10 Feb 2017Moor Isles Farm Reedly Hollows
Received 23 Mar 1999RISHTON NORDEN HIGH SCHOOL STOURTON STREET RISHTON
Received 15 Apr 2005LAND ADJACENT TO HEATON MARSH AT HEATON HALL FARM HEATON WITH OXCLIFFE
Received 23 Apr 2008RAVENHEAD BRICK WORKS, CHEQUER LANE, UP HOLLAND
Received 20 Oct 2014GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 23 Jul 2007BACK LANE QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 1 Apr 2009ST THEODORES ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ORMEROD ROAD BURNLEY
Received 16 Jan 2004Clear Water Fisheries, Kellet Lane, Over Kellet
Received 27 Sept 2023UNIT 8, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, THORNTON - CLEVELEYS
Received 5 Nov 2012Records 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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