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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WALVERDEN INFANTS SCHOOL BRACEWELL STREET NELSON
Received 14 May 2010SUITE 27 HARDMANS BUSINESS CENTRE HASLINGDEN
Received 28 Aug 2002TOWNELEY HIGH SCHOOL TOWNELEY HOLMES BURNLEY
Received 22 Feb 2006Land Adjacent to 367 Scott Street, Padiham, Burnley. Located on the banks of Sweet Clough Watercourse
Received 16 Dec 2025SOUTHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL CLOVER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 25 Aug 2010CATLOW QUARRY (WEST) SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 10 Jan 1990RECYCLING LIVES, LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 26 Jan 2017MOORFIELD IND EST BURNLEY ROAD ALTHAM
Received 1 Nov 1996UNIT 12 MOORFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURNLEY ROAD ALTHAM
Received 18 May 2011BANKFIELD QUARRY
Received 6 Mar 2003GREENACRES RECYCLING CENTRE BRACEWELL AVENUE POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 27 Apr 2007TONG QUARRY, TONG LANE, BACUP
Received 9 Mar 2020HIGHER BROCKHOLES QUARRY SAMELSBURY PRESTON
Received 29 May 2002UNITY COLLEGE TOWNELEY HOLMES BURNLEY
Received 5 Jan 2007JUNCTION OF HAWS HILL, A6 LANCASTER ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 23 Jun 2011BROADGATE, RIVERSIDE AND RIVERSIDE ROAD PRESTON
Received 11 Jan 2021WESTBY LANDFILL SITE ANNAS ROAD WESTBY
Received 16 Mar 2009LANCASTER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CRAG ROAD LANCASTER
Received 9 Aug 2002MOSS FARM SALWICK ROAD,NEWTON WITH CLIFTON
Received 6 Jun 2019St Josephs R C School, Whalley Road, Hurst Green
Received 18 Apr 2023COPLOW QUARRY
Received 12 Sept 1979BUCKSHAW PRIMARY SCHOOL CHANCERY ROAD ASTLEY VILLAGE CHORLEY
Received 13 Jun 2011FISHWICK PRIMARY SCHOOL, DOWNING STREET, PRESTON.
Received 13 May 2013Broadgate, Riverside and Riverside Road, Preston
Received 5 Jan 2024Records 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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