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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, PRESTON NEW ROAD, NEWTON WITH CLIFTON.
Received 9 Oct 2015THE HAVEN CHILDRENS HOME 235 BRUNSHAW ROAD BURNLEY
Received 17 Aug 2007HIPPING METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, HERON WAY, OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON
Received 4 Jul 2014Pilling Waste Water Treatment Work, off Tayors Lane, Pilling
Received 31 Oct 2002INGOL HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING CENTRE TOM BENSON WAY PRESTON
Received 14 Sept 2009HILLSIDE NURSERY SCHOOL CEDAR AVENUE HASLINGDEN
Received 5 Jan 2010THE SPICE ROOM, BLACKBURN ROAD, NEWCHURCH ROSSENDALE
Received 26 Sept 2011HAMBLETON PRIMARY SCHOOL ARTHUR'S LANE HAMBLETON
Received 26 May 2009SALT AYRE LANDFILL SITE OVANGLE ROAD WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LANCASTER
Received 3 Dec 2003LAND AT RED SCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 30 Nov 2021FORMER CARETAKER'S HOUSE WALSHAW HIGH SCHOOL EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 19 Jul 2005BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF BONNY BARN ROAD, HUNDRED END, BANKS
Received 8 Mar 2018ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE - WHOLE SITE
Received 26 Jun 1998ST PAUL'S C OF E SCHOOL HIBSON ROAD NELSON
Received 19 Jan 2011BROUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL, WOODPLUMPTON LANE, PRESTON
Received 25 Jul 2018RIVERSIDE WASTE TRANSFER AND RECYCLING CENTRE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 5 Aug 2014WILLOW LANE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL WILLOW LANE LANCASTER
Received 21 Jan 2009CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON
Received 26 Jun 2014LITTLE QUARRIES HILL TOP LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS CHORLEY
Received 18 Nov 2010PARKLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 28 Jan 2003OXFORD MILL OXFORD ROAD BURNLEY
Received 6 Jun 2008BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF BONNY BARN ROAD, HUNDRED END, BANKS
Received 21 Jul 2017Broughton, Preston
Received 23 Mar 2007RIGBY LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH
Received 25 Sept 2012Records 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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