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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LCC HIGHWAYS DEPOT, GRANGE ROAD, OFF FLEETWOOD ROAD, SINGLETON
Received 10 Jun 2015GARSTANG COMMUNITY ACADEMY, GARSTANG ROAD, BOWGREAVE, PRESTON
Received 29 May 2013CHERRY TREE CHILDRENS CENTRE, SHAROE GREEN LANE, PRESTON
Received 28 Jan 2015LOWE FARM, TOWN LANE, WHITTLE-LEWOODS, CHORLEY
Received 5 Sept 1968BRADLEYS SAND PIT LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 17 Aug 2010ADLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, PARK ROAD, ADLINGTON
Received 2 Feb 2017ELM TREE PRIMARY SCHOOL, ELMERS WOOD ROAD, SKELMERSDALE
Received 26 Jan 2017ANNAS ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, ANNAS ROAD, WESTBY, NR BLACKPOOL
Received 7 Mar 2011HEYHOUSES ENDOWED C OF E INFANT SCHOOL, ST ANNES ROAD EAST, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 11 Jun 2012CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS
Received 3 Nov 1998COCKERHAM WWTW, MARSH LANE, COCKERHAM
Received 28 May 2015LODGE LANE SINGLETON
Received 16 Nov 2005UNIT 6 PROSPECT PLACE EAST PIMBO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SKELMERSDALE
Received 30 Jan 2006LANCASTER ROAD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 25 Jun 2015GARSTANG PRIMARY OAK ROAD GARSTANG
Received 23 Feb 2010ARCHBISHOP HUTTON'S PRIMARY SCHOOL BACK LANE WARTON CARNFORTH
Received 3 Jan 2008RIPON HALL FARM CATTERALL LANE CATTERALL GARSTANG
Received 20 Mar 2008CHIPPING WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, LONGRIDGE ROAD, CHIPPING, PRESTON
Received 27 Jan 2021HAPTON C OF E METHODIST, MACHESTER ROAD, HAPTON, BURNLEY
Received 15 Jan 2014FORMER HILL TOP RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME, MANCHESTER ROAD, ACCRINGTON
Received 10 Sept 2013LEVER HOUSE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRISTOL AVENUE, FARINGTON, LEYLAND
Received 27 Feb 2015BACK LAND SITE, HEYSHAM BUSINESS PARK, MIDDLETON, MORECAMBE
Received 8 Oct 2012WHITWORTH QUARRY COMPLEX
Received 12 Apr 2002STAGHILLS NURSERY SCHOOL TOP BARN LANE NEWCHURCH
Received 16 Feb 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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