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Lancashire County Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancashire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
5,679Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 4,825 approved or refused records
129Refused applications

4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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More application records

  1. Application GrantedLCC/2016/0074

    ERECTION OF A NEW FOREST SCHOOL BUILLDING

    ST PAULS PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIBSON ROAD, NELSON

    Received 3 Oct 2016
  2. Application Approved03/08/0200

    TO ERECT A CONTROL KIOSK AND PERMANENT ACCESS REQUIRED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A BELOW GROUND DETENTION TANK TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS

    LAND OFF THORNFIELD AVENUE LONGRIDGE

    Received 15 Feb 2008
  3. Application RefusedLCC/2014/0097

    APPLICATION FOR MONITORING WORKS IN A 4 KM RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED PRESTON NEW ROAD EXPLORATION SITE COMPRISING: THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND RESTORATION OF TWO SEISMIC MONITORING ARRAYS COMPRISING OF 80 BURIED SEISMIC MONITORING STATIONS AND 10 SURFACE SEISMIC MONITORING STATIONS. THE SEISMIC MON...

    MONITORING WORKS IN A 4KM RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED PRESTON NEW ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, NEAR LITTLE PLUMPTON

    Received 2 Jun 2014
  4. Application Granted06/09/0696

    CONSTRUCTION OF THREE PRESSURE BALANCING STACKS

    JUNCTION OF FISHERGATE HILL AND STRAND ROAD PRESTON

    Received 30 Sept 2009
  5. Application Approved03/04/1087

    TO CONSTRUCT A CONTROL KIOSK

    CLITHEROE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS HENTHORNE ROAD CLITHEROE

    Received 25 Oct 2004
  6. Application Granted02/09/0897

    THE CONSTRUCTION OF OPERATIONS BUILDING SWITCHROOMS AMMONIUM SULPHATE TANK SUBSTATION AND AMENDMENTS TO FAN HOUSES AND BIOFILTER CANOPIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PUMPING STATION AND SULPHURIC ACID TANK

    THORNTON WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK FLEETWOOD ROAD NORTH THORNTON CLEVELEYS

    Received 29 Oct 2009
  7. Application Approved05/02/0216

    LANDFILL GAS CONTROL AND UTILISATION SCHEME COMPOUND, CONTAINING PLANT AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

    CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON

    Received 12 Mar 2002
  8. Application Granted06/13/0517

    CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE STOREY YOUTH ZONE BUILDING INCLUDING OUT DOOR SPORTS PROVISION WITH FLOODLIGHTING AND A 4M HIGH BALL STOP FENCE, EXTERNAL STORAGE FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTON OF A NEW HIGHWAY TO FACILITATE ACCESS

    BOW LANE PRESTON

    Received 25 Jul 2013
  9. Application Granted07/10/0540

    EXTERNAL PRAM SHELTER

    WELLFIELD CHILDRENS CENTRE, WELLFIELD BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE, YEWLANDS DRIVE, LEYLAND

    Received 28 Jul 2010
  10. Valid08/04/0320

    SCOPING OPINION

    ORMSKIRK BY PASS

    Received 4 Feb 2004
  11. Application Approved06/07/0562

    NEW VEHICLE ENTRANCE FROM RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE VISITORS AND DISABLED CAR PARKING AREA AND REPLACEMENT FENCING AND GATES

    MOOR NOOK COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL MITTON DRIVE PRESTON

    Received 21 May 2007
  12. Application Granted13/13/0563

    PROPOSED POLYMER DOSING KIOSK, 2X MOTOR CONTROL CENTRE KIOSKS, AND STORAGE BUILDING.

    BURNLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOODEND, OFF BARDEN LANE, BURNLEY.

    Received 11 Nov 2013
  13. Application Approved01/00/0780

    TO VARY CONDITION- EXTEND OPERATIONAL HOURS TO MONDAY - FRIDAY 06.00HRS - 18.00HRS & SATURDAY 06.00HRS - 16.00HRS. (RELATES TO APPLICATION 01/80/0981 ISSUED BY LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL)

    LANCASTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF ALDCLIFFE ROAD STODDAY LANCASTER. (LUNECLIFFE ROAD)

    Received 7 Aug 2000
  14. Application Ongoing13/77/1476

    REMOVAL OF QUARRY WASTE AND ROCK

    CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON

    Received 15 Nov 1977
  15. Application Approved08/77/0076

    CONTINUATION OF WINNING OF PEAT (EXTRACTION)BACKFILLING WITH INEST MATERIALS

    WHITE MOSS ROAD, SKELMERSDALE

    Received 26 Jan 1977
  16. Application GrantedLCC/2014/0085/8

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITION 18 OF PLANNING PERMISSION LCC/2014/0085 RE CAR PARK SIGNAGE

    MOORSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER

    Received 22 Sept 2015
  17. Application Approved13/04/0597

    SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, FLAT TO PITCHED ROOF CONVERSION OVER FRONT ENTRANCE AND ADAPTIONS TO PROVIDE CHILDRENS RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR BURNLEY AND PENDLE

    105 MARSDEN HALL ROAD NELSON

    Received 29 Jul 2004
  18. Application OngoingLCC/2020/0007/1

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS 6 AND 13 OF PERMISSION LCC/2020/0007 - CONTAINMENT OF STOCK PILES AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN

    CITY CENTRE COMMERCIALS, TOWER HOUSE, SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD, KIRKBY

    Received 6 May 2020
  19. Application Approved03/97/0636/6

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITION 15 OF PERMISSION 03/97/636 SCHEME AND PROGRAMME FOR THE PROGRESSIVE TIPPING AND RESTORATION OF THE TIP

    BANKFIELD QUARRY CHATBURN

    Received 6 Mar 2003
  20. Application GrantedLCC/2023/0039

    Variation of Condition 1 of Planning Permission LCC/2022/0057 to allow mineral working to continue until 1 July 2026 and final restoration to be completed by 1 July 2027

    Waddington Fell Quarry, Slaidburn Road, Waddington

    Received 22 Sept 2023
  21. Application Granted11/09/0409

    THREE SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO PROVIDE SECURE ENTRANCE AND OFFICE WITH DISABLED ACCESS RAMP EXTENSION TO STAFF ROOM AND STORE ROOM

    SPRING HILL PRIMARY EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON

    Received 1 Oct 2009
  22. Application GrantedLCC/2015/0026/1

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITION 13 OF PLANNING PERMISSION LCC/2015/0026 - DRAINAGE

    UNIT 1, STATION YARD FACTORY, STATION ROAD, RUFFORD

    Received 1 Jun 2016
  23. Application Approved01/05/0848

    SINGLE STOREY INFILL EXTENSION TO CREATE A NEW COMPUTER SUITE

    BOWERHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER

    Received 10 Jun 2005
  24. Application GrantedLCC/2020/0064

    INSTALLATION OF NEW AND REPLACEMENT 2.4M AND 3M HIGH FENCES AND GATES TO ENCLOSE SCHOOL SITE. CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTPATH, WITH NEW ENTRANCE PATH.

    HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN

    Received 12 Nov 2020

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What these statistics cover

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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