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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RIBBLESDALE NURSERY SCHOOL QUEENS ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 11 Mar 2003GISBURN ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, GISBURN ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 13 Dec 2013WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 Apr 2006STATION ROAD, LITTLE HOOLE
Received 21 Apr 1967UNIT 14 TOLLGATE ROAD BURSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURSCOUGH
Received 19 Jun 2006LAND IN LEA, COTTAM AND BARTLE AND TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUILT UP AREA OF PRESTON.
Received 8 Jan 2019BRINDLE GREGSON LANE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL BOURNES ROW HOGHTON
Received 29 Jan 2003ST MARY AND ST ANDREWS CATHOLIC PRIMARY STATION LANE BARTON PRESTON
Received 14 Oct 2009NELSON YOUTH CENTRE LEEDS ROAD NELSON
Received 14 Sept 2010BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY
Received 13 Mar 2017MIDGELAND FARM LANDFILL SITE MARTON BLACKPOOL
Received 4 May 2005FORMER ROYAL ORDNANCE SITE EUXTON LANE CHORLEY
Received 3 Oct 2006LITTLE HOOLE PRIMARY SCHOOL DOB LANE WALMER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 17 Aug 2009RIGBY HOUGHTON LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD ADLINGTON
Received 3 Jan 2012MCMILLAN NURSERY SCHOOL RAILWAY STREET NELSON
Received 13 Feb 2004FEARNS HIGH SCHOOL FEARNS MOSS BACUP
Received 10 Jun 2003HEALTH CLINIC PENNY STONE ROAD HALTON LANCASTER
Received 2 Oct 2009ST PAULS CONSTABLE LEE CE PRIMARY SCHOOL, CALDER ROAD, CONSTABLE LEE, ROSSENDALE, RAWTENSTALL
Received 17 Mar 2022LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 24 Aug 2010WEETON PRIMARY SCHOOL GRANTHAM ROAD WEETON PRESTON
Received 7 Jul 2008HILLHOUSE WWTW WOOD LANE ALTCAR
Received 10 Mar 2003MAYFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL, ST LEONARDS ROAD EAST, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 25 Aug 2016WESTGATE C P SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 10 May 201267/67A LONGRIDGE ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 24 Feb 2003Records 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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