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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF ST NICHOLAS LANE, BOLTON LE SANDS
Received 19 Sept 2011FROME STREET PRESTON
Received 30 Jul 2012HIGHFIELD FARM JOLLY TAR LANE WORTHINGTON COPPULL
Received 26 Jan 2007BRINSCALL QUARRY TWIST MOOR LANE BRINSCALL
Received 1 Apr 2014WHITEGATE CHILDRENS CENTRE VICTORIA ROAD PADIHAM
Received 17 Mar 2008LANCASTER CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL CRAG ROAD LANCASTER
Received 18 Jul 2006BOWERHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 4 Sept 2012Lea Community Primary School, Greavestown Lane, Preston
Received 28 Jun 2023Blackburn Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuerdale Lane, Samlesbury, PR5 0UY
Received 15 May 2026CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE FRECKLETON
Received 25 Nov 1985Hapton Valley Transfer Station, Hapton Valley Estate, Accrington Road, Burnley
Received 8 Sept 2023LOMESHAYE JUNIOR SCHOOL, NORFOLK STREET, NELSON
Received 23 Jan 2014WORDSWORTH ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 27 Jul 2009LANCASTER EFFLUENT TREATMENT WORKS, STODDAY.
Received 4 Dec 2013WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 13 Jun 2016MORECAMBE BRANCH LIBRARY CENTRAL DRIVE MORECAMBE
Received 27 May 2004Salt Ayre closed landfill site, Ovangle Road, Lancaster, LA1 5JS
Received 25 Sept 2024CUERDEN MILL DEWHURST ROAD BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 21 Aug 2019ASHVIN METALS LTD, UNIT1A, COCKER AVENUE, POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, POULTON LE FYLDE.
Received 20 May 2013ORMSKIRK HIGH SCHOOL ORMSKIRK
Received 7 Oct 2005ALTCAR MOSS WELLSITE, SUTTON'S LANE, GREAT ALTCAR
Received 27 Jun 2019MORECAMBE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL MORECAMBE ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 2 Jun 2010CASTERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, THAMES AVENUE, BURNLEY
Received 22 May 2015ST JOHNS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL FLAMSTEAD BIRCH GREEN SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 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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