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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
ST MARYS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SMITHY LANE CLAUGHTON ON BROCK
Received 27 Oct 2010NAVIGATION WAY VIA LOCKSIDE ROAD TO WALLEND ROAD PRESTON
Received 8 Sept 2010YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE LORD STREET CHORLEY
Received 31 Mar 2009ORMSKIRK HIGH SCHOOL ORMSKIRK
Received 14 Oct 2004DEERPLAY BRICKWORKS BACUP ROAD BURNLEY
Received 27 Nov 1946M55 TO HEYHOUSES SOUTHERN SECTION
Received 5 Jun 2018LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, STODDAY LANE, LANCASTER
Received 25 Jul 2016LAND TO THE SOUTH OF CASTLE LANE ADJACENT TO GREENHALGH CASTLE BRIDGE
Received 25 Sept 2003RISHTON METHODIST SCHOOL GEORGE STREET RISHTON
Received 8 May 2012SALT AYRE LANDFILL SITE OVANGLE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 22 Mar 1989CRAWSHAWBOOTH COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BURNLEY ROAD, RAWTENSTALL, ROSSENDALE
Received 1 Sept 2015WINCKLEY HOUSE, CROSS STREET, PRESTON
Received 15 Nov 2012CHERRYFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL COG LANE BURNLEY
Received 19 Apr 2004JUNCTION OF WATERY LANE AND STRAND ROAD PRESTON
Received 5 Oct 2009LAND EAST OF WORDEN AND BUCKSHAW WOOD ROYAL ORDNANCE SITE EUXTON LANE CHORLEY
Received 26 Feb 2010GRANGE LANE STALMINE
Received 24 Oct 2012Lever House County Primary School, Bristol Avenue, Farington, PR25 4YR
Received 2 Jul 2026SCORTON QUARRY NETHER WYRESDALE
Received 10 Sept 2008Acorns Primary School, Blackpool Road, Preston, PR1 6AU
Received 9 Sept 2026Fletcher Bank Quarry, Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, BL0 0DD
Received 29 Oct 2025SANDY LANE PREESALL
Received 18 Jun 1949BURNLEY YOUTH ZONE, WHITTAM STREET, BURNLEY
Received 20 Jan 2016Bradleys Sandpit Lightfoot Green Lane Preston
Received 11 Dec 2000EAST OF COUNCIL OFFICES HIGH STREET GARSTANG
Received 6 Jun 2002Records 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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