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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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 PAULS PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIBSON ROAD, NELSON
Received 3 Oct 2016LAND OFF THORNFIELD AVENUE LONGRIDGE
Received 15 Feb 2008MONITORING WORKS IN A 4KM RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED PRESTON NEW ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, NEAR LITTLE PLUMPTON
Received 2 Jun 2014JUNCTION OF FISHERGATE HILL AND STRAND ROAD PRESTON
Received 30 Sept 2009CLITHEROE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS HENTHORNE ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 25 Oct 2004THORNTON WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK FLEETWOOD ROAD NORTH THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 29 Oct 2009CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 12 Mar 2002BOW LANE PRESTON
Received 25 Jul 2013WELLFIELD CHILDRENS CENTRE, WELLFIELD BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE, YEWLANDS DRIVE, LEYLAND
Received 28 Jul 2010ORMSKIRK BY PASS
Received 4 Feb 2004MOOR NOOK COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL MITTON DRIVE PRESTON
Received 21 May 2007BURNLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOODEND, OFF BARDEN LANE, BURNLEY.
Received 11 Nov 2013LANCASTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF ALDCLIFFE ROAD STODDAY LANCASTER. (LUNECLIFFE ROAD)
Received 7 Aug 2000CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 15 Nov 1977WHITE MOSS ROAD, SKELMERSDALE
Received 26 Jan 1977MOORSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 22 Sept 2015105 MARSDEN HALL ROAD NELSON
Received 29 Jul 2004CITY CENTRE COMMERCIALS, TOWER HOUSE, SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD, KIRKBY
Received 6 May 2020BANKFIELD QUARRY CHATBURN
Received 6 Mar 2003Waddington Fell Quarry, Slaidburn Road, Waddington
Received 22 Sept 2023SPRING HILL PRIMARY EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 1 Oct 2009UNIT 1, STATION YARD FACTORY, STATION ROAD, RUFFORD
Received 1 Jun 2016BOWERHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 10 Jun 2005HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN
Received 12 Nov 2020Records 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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