Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ROEBUCK PRIMARY SCHOOL INKERMAN STREET PRESTON
Received 2 Feb 2009ELSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, LAND TO SOUTH OF B5269, ELSWICK
Received 11 Jun 2020COTTAM COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, HAYDOCKS LANE, PRESTON
Received 31 May 2016GREEN'S CLOUGH, CLIVIGER
Received 5 May 1949GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 17 Apr 2007POLLARDS FARM OFF HOWICK CROSS LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 8 Oct 2010NORTHERN PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD BACUP
Received 22 Jul 2003NORDEN HIGH SCHOOL STOURTON STREET RISHTON
Received 28 Apr 2003Iron House Farm, Lancaster Road, Out Rawcliffe
Received 19 Jul 2023TAYWOOD NURSERY TAY STREET BURNLEY
Received 21 Jun 2004PITTFIELD FARM FLEETWOOD ROAD SINGLETON POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 27 May 2009LEVER HOUSE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRISTOL AVENUE, FARINGTON, LEYLAND.
Received 4 Nov 2016LAND OFF HIGHFIELD ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 24 Jan 2013BANKFIELD QUARRY PIMLICO LINK ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 6 Aug 2007FULWOOD AND CADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL CADLEY CAUSEWAY PRESTON
Received 26 Apr 2006PRESTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS CLIFTON MARSH FRECKLETON
Received 16 Sept 1998MOOR NOOK COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL MITTON DRIVE PRESTON
Received 12 Jan 2009Stanley Villa Farm, Back Lane, Weeton, Preston, PR4 3HN
Received 18 Sept 2026LITTLE QUARRIES WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 15 Dec 1998RIGBY HOUGHTON HOUSE LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH
Received 17 Oct 2005PARKLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 9 Jul 2004ELLEL ST JOHN C OF E PRIMARY CHAPEL STREET GALGATE LANCASTER
Received 5 Jan 2010Gillibrand Primary School Grosvenor Road Chorley
Received 25 May 2000MIDGELAND FARM LANDFILL SITE MARTON
Received 19 May 2005Records 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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