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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 11 Dec 2015LAND OFF MYTHOP ROAD, WEETON WITH PREESE
Received 20 Jul 2016PRESTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS CLIFTON MARSH FRECKLTON
Received 3 Mar 2000HIGHFIELD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL WRIGHT STREET CHORLEY
Received 21 Jul 2005FORD QUARRY BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 29 Nov 1996BOLTON BY BOWLAND C OF E SCHOOL GISBURN ROAD BOLTON BY BOWLAND
Received 20 Sept 2010BILLINGTON AND LANGHO ST LEONARDS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHALLEY ROAD, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 11 Dec 2012FOGGS FARM, HOBBS LANE, CLAUGHTON ON BROCK
Received 8 Feb 2021EAST QUARRY, APPLEY LANE NORTH, APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 20 Jul 2022High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 26 May 1961LAND TO THE WEST OF PENWORTHAM GOLF CLUB, OFF HOWICK CROSS LANE, PENWORTHAM
Received 20 Jun 2012LAND OFF CHATBURN OLD ROAD
Received 13 Oct 2017NORDEN HIGH SCHOOL AND SPORTS COLLEGE STOURTON STREET RISHTON
Received 28 Jun 2012Fulwood High School Black Bull Lane Fulwood Preston
Received 14 Jun 2001GUILD PARK CUMERAGH LANE WHITTINGHAM
Received 10 Oct 2011MOOR HEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, FAR CROFT, LOSTOCK HALL,
Received 11 Aug 2015LANEHEAD QUARRY, RIBBLESDALE WORKS, CLITHEROE.
Received 3 Jul 2019WEST QUARRY RAILWAY PAD, APPLEY BRIDGE DEPOT, APPLEY LANE NORTH, APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 2 Jul 2012OUR LADY AND ST GERARD'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL LOURDES AVENUE LOSTOCK HALL
Received 30 Jun 2003BARTON ROAD YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE BARTON ROAD LANCASTER
Received 4 Oct 2010HAPTON CE METHODIST PRIMARY MANCHESTER ROAD HAPTON
Received 31 Jan 2013SALTERFORTH PRIMARY CROSS LANE SALTERFORTH BARNOLDSWICK
Received 8 May 2012High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 7 Jul 1961CHORLEY FIRE STATION WELDBANK LANE CHORLEY
Received 25 Nov 2004Records 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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