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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SANDONS FARM QUARRY, ELLERBECK VIEW, ADLINGTON
Received 15 Sept 2015RED ROSE HUB BLUEBELL WAY PRESTON
Received 19 Jun 2008REAM HILLS FARM MYTHOP ROAD WEETON WITH PREESE
Received 23 Jun 2020BIRLEY FOLD FARM MELLOR BLACKBURN
Received 29 Apr 2005STRIKE LANE PRIMARY STRIKE LANE FRECKLETON
Received 15 Nov 2007MARCROSS STREET BACUP ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 20 Jan 2005RIGBY/HOUGHTON HOUSE QUARRY AND LANDFILL ADLINGTON CHORLEY
Received 4 Jul 2003HAMBLETON PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH LANE HAMBLETON
Received 4 Nov 2010SITE OF FORMER SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL TODMORDEN ROAD BURNLEY
Received 30 Mar 2009Preston New Road Exploration Site, Off Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Westby with Plumptons
Received 22 Dec 2022LEYLAND WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK SUSTAINABILITY WAY LEYLAND
Received 8 Jun 20126 CHORLEY HALL ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 29 Jan 2014NATEBY PRIMARY LONGMOOR LANE NATEBY PRESTON
Received 19 Sept 2011PENWORTHAM GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, COP LANE, PENWORTHAM
Received 6 Jan 2016LANEHEAD QUARRY CLITHEROE
Received 20 May 2021LAND FORMING PART OF FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 13 Jun 2011COPLOW QUARRY PIMLICO ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 9 Feb 2007ST JOHN RC PRIMARY BRECK ROAD POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 10 Mar 2010LONGTON SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE LONGTON PRESTON
Received 13 Feb 2009ARTHUR STREET CAR PARK ARTHUR STREET PRESTON
Received 10 Aug 2009WHITEGATE NURSERY VICTORIA ROAD PADIHAM
Received 28 Jan 2011LEYLAND METHODIST JUNIOR SCHOOL, CANBERRA ROAD, LEYLAND
Received 13 Jun 2016125-129 DIGMOOR PARADE BIRLEYWOOD SKELMERSDALE
Received 20 Nov 2003FLETCHER BANK QUARRY, MANCHESTER ROAD, RAMSBOTTOM
Received 14 Jun 2016Records 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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