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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
BROADFIELD SPECIALIST SCHOOL, FIELDING LANE, OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 23 Aug 2021BACUP AND RAWTENSTALL GRAMMAR SCHOOL GLEN ROAD WATERFOOT ROSSENDALE
Received 25 Sept 2008HAPTON COLLIERY SITE HAPTON BURNLEY
Received 14 Sept 2009ST LUKES SCHOOL, SLYNE ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 17 Aug 2016LORD STREET NURSERY SCHOOL LORD STREET COLNE
Received 15 Nov 2005SUITES 17 AND 18 LINDEN BUSINESS CENTRE COLNE
Received 28 Aug 2002ST HILDA'S RC HIGH SCHOOL COAL CLOUGH LANE BURNLEY
Received 22 Feb 2006ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL BOLTON ROAD CHORLEY
Received 17 Mar 2004HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY SITE, ACCRINGTON ROAD HAPTON
Received 5 Jun 2018LEA ENDOWED C OF E PRIMRY SCHOOL, LEA ROAD, LEA, PRESTON
Received 6 Jul 2016DEEPDALE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, ST STEPHENS ROAD, PRESTON
Received 18 Jan 2016ST MARYS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE GREEN, ECCLESTON
Received 11 Aug 2015135 INKERMAN STREET ASHTON PRESTON
Received 30 Mar 2004CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 20 Sept 2001BELLMAN QUARRY OFF PIMLICO LINK ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 13 Mar 2006SHERBURN PRIMARY SCHOOL MOOR PARK PRESTON
Received 18 Feb 2008STRIKE LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL STRIKE LANE FRECKLETON
Received 6 Oct 2017LEVER HOUSE PRIMARY SCHOOL BRISTOL AVENUE FARINGTON LEYLAND
Received 19 Jan 2011Flakefleet Primary School, Northfleet Avenue, Fleetwood, FY7 7ND
Received 14 Nov 2024REEDLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL REEDLEY ROAD BRIERFIELD
Received 17 Dec 2004LECK ST PETERS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL LECK CARNFORTH
Received 27 Sept 2006WORSTHORNE PRIMARY SCHOOL BROWNSIDE ROAD BURNLEY
Received 14 May 2004BACK LAND SITE, HEYSHAM BUSINESS PARK, MIDDLETON, MORECAMBE
Received 12 Mar 2014SPRING HILL COMMUNITY PRIMARY EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 3 Jun 2011Records 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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