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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 17 Nov 2003CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE, DAWSON LANE, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 16 Oct 2017HOPE HIGH SCHOOL FORMERLY SITE OF ST LUKES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL CARFIELD CLAY BROW SKELMERSDALE
Received 29 Dec 2011HILLSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL EGERTON SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 Feb 2009TARNACRE QUARRY, TARNACRE LANE, ST MICHAELS ON WYRE
Received 23 Jan 2019CLAUGHTON MOOR QUARRY, CLAUGHTON
Received 31 Aug 2018Horncliffe Quarry Landfill Site, Bury Road, Rawtenstall
Received 22 May 2024HAPTON CE METHODIST SCHOOL MANCHESTER ROAD HAPTON
Received 15 Nov 2007Broughton-in-Amounderness CE Primary School, Church Lane, Preston, PR3 5JB
Received 13 Jun 2024Lancashire Central, Cuerden Strategic Site East of Stanifield Lane, North of Clayton Farm, West of Wigan Road, Lostock Hall
Received 28 Aug 2024LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OLD ALDCLIFFE LANE, STODDAY, LANCASTER
Received 2 Apr 2012LEA COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL GREAVES TOWN LANE PRESTON
Received 14 Apr 2005CLAYTON LE WOODS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL BACK LANE CLAYTON LE WOODS CHORLEY
Received 17 Sept 2007LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS STODDAY
Received 21 May 2003UNIT D4, RED SCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, D4 LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 28 Jun 2022LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 11 May 2007LOWERHOUSE JUNIOR SCHOOL LIVERPOOL ROAD BURNLEY
Received 20 Feb 2004MOOR HEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, FAR CROFT, LOSTOCK HALL, PRESTON
Received 22 Oct 2014OUR LADY & ST EDWARDS PRIMARY SCHOOL LIGHTFOOT LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 17 Sept 2007WEETON PRIMARY SCHOOL, GRANTHAM ROAD, WEETON, PRESTON
Received 10 Apr 2013Land situated off Henry Littler Way / Whittingham Lane
Received 20 Dec 2024CROFT STREET ASHTON PRESTON
Received 30 Jun 2011AVENHAM PARK OXFORD STREET AVENHAM PRESTON
Received 28 Jun 2011IGHTENHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, ALDER STREET, BURNLEY.
Received 8 Nov 2013Records 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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