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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
QUERNMORE CE VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL QUERNMORE LANCASTER
Received 2 Apr 2004WOODCOCK ESTATE, FARINGTON
Received 4 Feb 2022BACK LANE WEETON
Received 31 Mar 2004TONG FARM TONG LANE BACUP
Received 1 Jun 2010LAND BETWEEN WHINNEY HEYS AND TREELAWNY OFF GARSTANG ROAD NEAR PILLING
Received 11 Dec 2007Iron House Farm Lancaster Road Out Rawcliffe
Received 12 Sept 2023RIGBY HOUGHTON LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH WIGAN
Received 13 Jan 2010BROOKFIELD PARK AND KINGSBURY PRIMARY SCHOOLS SCHOOL LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 11 Jan 2008IGHTENHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL OAK STREET BURNLEY
Received 25 Apr 2007SPRINGFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL OXFORD ROAD BURNLEY WOOD BURNLEY
Received 12 Mar 2003WILLIAM BLYTHE WORKS LAND OFF MANCHESTER ROAD HAPTON
Received 21 Jun 2011HIGHER COLLEGE FARM RIBCHESTER ROAD LONGRIDGE
Received 24 Apr 2007CHERRYFOLD COMMUNITY SCHOOL COG LANE BURNLEY
Received 6 Apr 2009WEST LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, CHAPEL HOUSE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 21 May 2018ST SAVIOURS PRIMARY SCHOOL LAND ENDS ROAD BACUP
Received 27 Nov 2009HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY SITE, ACCRINGTON ROAD HAPTON
Received 14 Dec 2017LAND BOUNDED BY BROADWAY BROAD STREET STANWORTH ROAD RAILWAY STREET AND EXISTING RAILWAY LINE
Received 18 May 2007LAND AT GIFT HALL FARM, WINMARLEIGH
Received 5 May 1965NORTH OF MAINS LANE POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 13 Aug 2007HABERGHAM HIGH SCHOOL KIDDROW LANE BURNLEY
Received 4 Jul 2006UNIT 8 AND YARD AREA OAKENSHAW CHEMICAL WORKS HOLME ROAD CLAYTON-LE-MOORS
Received 16 Jun 2003Old Sewage Works Altham
Received 26 Jul 1999ADJOINING BIRKACRE HOUSE CHORLEY
Received 19 Oct 1950High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 13 Jan 1997Records 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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