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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND TO SOUTH EAST OF WITHNELL QUARRY
Received 27 Jun 1951RAILWAY SIDINGS, OFF BROWNEDGE ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 12 Sept 2011Longridge High School, Preston Road, Longridge
Received 3 Jan 2024THORNTON WASTE RECOVERY PARK, FLEETWOOD ROAD NORTH, THORNTON
Received 4 Jul 2011KELBROOK ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 5 Jun 2013STRAND ROAD GARDENS STRAND ROAD PRESTON
Received 1 Jun 2011CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS COMMON BANK LANE EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 3 Feb 2005Land to the North of Myles Standish Way, Heath Charnock, Chorley, PR7 3FT
Received 9 Feb 2026BANKFIELD QUARRY CLITHEROE
Received 27 Feb 1997OLD COPY CLOUGH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS ADJACENT TO DUNKENHALGH WAY ACCRINGTON
Received 8 May 2003SALTCOTES LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM
Received 15 Mar 1979LAND BETWEEN SHARPLES LANE AND A586 (TARNACRE LANE) ST MICHAELS ON WYRE GARSTANG
Received 13 May 2004CARNFORTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS CRAG BANK LANE CARNFORTH
Received 3 Feb 2003LEYLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, EMNIE LANE, LEYLAND
Received 28 Sept 2015PITT STREET, PRESTON
Received 6 Jan 2017FOGGS FARM, HOBBS LANE, CLAUGHTON ON BROCK.
Received 29 Mar 2017MORECAMBE BAY CP SCHOOL STATION ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 15 Dec 2010RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL KESWICK ROAD LANCASTER
Received 22 Mar 2004LOSTOCK HALL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, LINDEN DRIVE, LOSTOCK HALL, PRESTON
Received 23 Jan 2009BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF BONNY BARN ROAD, HUNDRED END, BANKS
Received 5 Dec 2012ST LUKES SCHOOL, SLYNE ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 18 Jun 2018HENTHORN LANDFILL SITE HENTHORN ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 11 May 2006GREAT KNOWLEY, SANDY LANE, WHITTLE SPRINGS, CHORLEY
Received 20 Sept 1972LONGRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, PRESTON ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 19 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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