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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
IGHTENHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL ALDER STREET BURNLEY
Received 7 Apr 2005RIBBLESDALE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 16 Apr 2020RIGBY HOUGHTON LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD ADLINGTON
Received 2 Mar 2007LANCASHIRE PROFFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 10 Jul 2008AVENHAM PARK OXFORD STREET AVENHAM PRESTON
Received 8 Feb 2011ARKHOLME C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL. MAIN STREET, ARKHOLME, CARNFORTH
Received 20 Feb 2014BROADWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN
Received 19 Aug 2009WEST END PRIMARY SCHOOL ASPEN LANE OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 15 Sept 2009WALTON LANE NURSERY WALTON LANE NELSON
Received 18 Mar 2003FORMER EDGE END HIGH SCHOOL SITE, HIBSON ROAD, NELSON.
Received 21 Aug 2013LAND ADJOINING HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY
Received 3 Jul 1967GLENCROFT PUMPING STATION CHORLEY
Received 16 Jul 2003CLAYTON CIVIC CENTRE PICKUP STREET CLAYTON LE MOORS
Received 25 Jan 2012Hapton Highways Depot, Units A and B, Brindley Close, Hapton
Received 13 Oct 2022NANS NOOK FARM, BAY HORSE ROAD, ELLEL
Received 22 Oct 2012CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS, HORNBY ROAD CLAUGHTON
Received 31 Aug 2018ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE HIGH SCHOOL ALDWYCH DRIVE PRESTON
Received 21 May 2003UNITY COLLEGE LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELDS TOWNELEY HOLME ROAD BURNLEY
Received 25 Mar 2009LAND OFF LYDIATE LANE CUERDEN
Received 30 Jul 1998LAND OFF APPLEY LANE APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 16 May 1960CLAYTON BROOK CP SCHOOL GREAT GREENS LANE CLAYTON BROOK CHORLEY
Received 4 Feb 2008COP LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL, COP LANE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON
Received 18 Jul 2011ST AIDENS C OF E SCHOOL LARCH GROVE BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 22 Jan 2008MOOR HEY SCHOOL FAR CROFT OFF LEYLAND ROAD LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 17 Nov 2004Records 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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