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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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 ROSE SCHOOL SWINDON STREET BURNLEY
Received 21 Dec 2005LAND AT THE FORMER KINGSBURY SCHOOL, AUGHTON STREET, ORMSKIRK.
Received 14 May 2007Penwortham Girl's High School Cop Lane Penwortham.
Received 17 May 1999Ellel Crag Quarry Carnforth
Received 20 Mar 1997CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 10 Mar 1982LAND AT LITTLE QUARRY, HILL TOP LANE, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 16 May 2016RECYCLING LIVES RECYCLING PARK, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 20 Sept 2018HUTTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LIVERPOOL ROAD, HUTTON, PRESTON
Received 2 Jul 2013CASTERCLIFFE PRIMARY MARSDEN HALL ROAD NORTH NELSON
Received 8 Sept 2010GREEN AYRE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, OFF PARLIAMENT STREET, LANCASTER
Received 11 Feb 2014CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE, DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS
Received 19 Dec 2018LOMESHAYE JUNIOR SCHOOL NORFOLK STREET NELSON
Received 30 Oct 2008HUNCOAT PRIMARY SCHOOL LYNWOOD ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 26 Jul 2010LEYLAND METHODIST INFANTS SCHOOL, CANBERRA ROAD, LEYLAND
Received 17 Dec 2013BLACKO COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL GISBURN ROAD BLACKO
Received 28 Jan 2011HILL TOP QUARRY HEALD MOOR BACUP
Received 31 May 2002LAND TO WEST OF COW HILL HAIGHTON PRESTON
Received 16 Dec 2010SHERDLEY FARM RATTEN LANE HUTTON PRESTON
Received 12 Jul 2007OFF NIPE LANE, HOLLAND MOSS
Received 22 Oct 1980NORTHCLIFFE SCHOOL SITE, BLACKBURN OLD ROAD, GREAT HARWOOD
Received 27 Nov 2020CRIBDEN HOUSE SPECIAL SCHOOLHASLINGDEN ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 3 Jul 2020ST LEONARDS C OF E PRIMARY, MOOR LANE, PADIHAM, BURNLEY.
Received 6 Mar 2014MORECAMBE BAY COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL STATION ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 23 Jul 2004BRINSCALL AND WITHNELL ATHLETICS & RECREATION ASSOCIATION SCHOOL LANE BRINSCALL
Received 9 Jul 2009Records 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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