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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 9 Sept 2008DOCK ACRES WARTON
Received 25 Oct 1998Moss Farm, Salwick Road, Preston
Received 20 Jul 2023EAST QUARRY, APPLEY LANE NORTH, APPLEY BRIDGE, WIGAN
Received 21 Jun 2021RIGBY LANDFILL SITE, CHORLEY ROAD, STANDISH
Received 11 Jul 2018Bluestone quarry, Lyme House Farm, Longridge
Received 26 Feb 2026ST ANDREWS CRICKET GROUND OFF BASNETT STREET
Received 29 Jul 2009GRACEMIRE FARM, TREALES ROAD, NEWTON WITH CLIFTON
Received 26 Jul 2017LAND OFF ALDON ROAD POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE POULTON
Received 29 Sept 1987BICKERSTAFFE C OF E JUNIOR SCHOOL, HALL LANE, BICKERSTAFFE. ORMSKIRK
Received 23 Sept 2008LANCASTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, STODDAY LANE, LANCASTER
Received 5 May 2022Larkholme CP School Windermere Avenue Fleetwood
Received 27 Nov 2001GORST FARM, LODGE LANE, ELSWICK, PRESTON
Received 5 Dec 2013Hornby High School Melling Road Hornby.
Received 12 Apr 2001WYRE ESTUARY AND ADJACENT EMBANKMENTS
Received 13 May 1998Clear Water Fisheries, Kellet Lane, Over Kellet LA6 1FQ
Received 25 Apr 2025ENVIRO SKIPS WASTE TRANSFER STATION RAKEHEAD LANE STACKSTEADS BACUP
Received 16 Nov 2007PINFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL PINFOLD LANE SCARISBRICK ORMSKIRK
Received 10 Dec 2002THE LOYNE SCHOOL SEFTON DRIVE LANCASTER
Received 21 Apr 2005LITTLE QUARRIES WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 30 Apr 1947RED SCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTON
Received 28 Nov 2018ST WULSTANS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL POULTON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 30 Jul 2008Salt Ayre Materials Recycling & Transfer Facility Ovangle Road Salt Ayre
Received 14 Nov 2022UNIT 9 PRESTON BUS STATION PRESTON
Received 13 Jan 2003Records 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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