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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
8-12 SPRING LANE AND BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, SAMLESBURY
Received 13 Dec 2017TOP O SLATE
Received 4 Jan 1963EARBY SPRINGFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL BAILEY STREET EARBY BARNOLDSWICK
Received 8 Feb 2010REAR OF 69 TO 71 BROCKHOLES CRESCENT, POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 20 Sept 2011BALDERSTONE LANE HEASANDFORD BURNLEY
Received 19 Oct 2010Land at Woodcock Estate Stanifield Lane Farington
Received 21 Feb 2024BESCAR BROW DEPOT BESCAR BROW LANE SCARISBRICK
Received 22 Nov 2006CARLTON GREEN CP SCHOOL ARUNDEL DRIVE CARLTON POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 2 Aug 2002ASHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, AINSDALE DRIVE, ASHTON, PRESTON.
Received 28 Jan 2014WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 Jun 2011High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 27 Jun 1986THORNTON PRIMARY SCHOOL HEYS STREET THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 15 Oct 2008TOWER HOUSE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 13 Oct 2020JAMESON ROAD - UNKNOWN
Received 3 Jan 1979SPRINGWOOD CHILDRENS CENTRE ABBEY ROAD WHALLEY CLITHEROE
Received 3 Feb 2011HEIGHT SIDE FARM, TODMORDEN ROAD, BACUP
Received 15 Feb 2021SPODDEN MILL STATION ROAD FACIT WHITWORTH
Received 31 Oct 2007LYNNHURST, STANIFIELD LANE, FARINGTON
Received 24 Apr 2014BRUNSHAW PRIMARY SCHOOL MORSE STREET BURNLEY
Received 25 Apr 2008AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF ROSEACRE HALL, TO THE WEST, NORTH AND EAST OF ROSEACRE WOOD, AND LAND THAT FORMS PART OF THE DEFENCE HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (DHFCS) SITE BETWEEN ROSACRE ROAD AND INSKIP ROAD, OFF ROSEACRE ROAD AND INSKIP ROAD, ROSEACRE AND WHARLES, PRESTON
Received 17 Jun 2014OVER KELLET WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF KELLET ROAD OVER KELLET
Received 15 Mar 2004COTTAM COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL HAYDOCK LANE PRESTON
Received 13 Dec 2007WALTON LE DALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, WINERY LANE, WALTON LE DALE
Received 18 Aug 2011ALSTOM BUILDING WEST STRAND PRESTON
Received 7 Jun 2011Records 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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