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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HEASANDFORD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BALDERSTONE LANE BURNLEY
Received 24 Feb 2009BRINSCALL QUARRY TWIST MOOR LANE BRINSCALL
Received 14 Oct 2002FORD QUARRY BACUP ROAD
Received 18 May 1983LEYLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, EMMIE LANE, LEYLAND
Received 9 Feb 2012SITE OF FORMER SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL TODMORDEN ROAD BURNLEY
Received 9 Apr 2008CROSS HALL HIGH SCHOOL(ORMSKIRK HIGH SCHOOL) WIGAN ROAD ORMSKIRK
Received 8 Nov 2002SHERBURN SPECIAL SCHOOL BLACKPOOL ROAD PRESTON
Received 31 May 2002GREAT ARLEY SCHOOL HOLLY ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 2 Apr 2004HUNCOAT PRIMARY SCHOOL LYNWOOD ROAD HUNCOAT
Received 8 Jun 2007LITTLE DIGMOOR PRIMARY SCHOOL ABBEYSTEAD SKELMERSDALE
Received 20 Jun 2012BROADWAY COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN
Received 17 Dec 2007Land off the A59, Billington, Ribble Valley, BB7 9YB
Received 13 Aug 2026SUMMERWOOD LANE WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION SUMMERWOOD LANE HALSALL
Received 1 Mar 2006Acorns Primary Acorns Primary School, Moor Park, Preston, PR1 6AU
Received 7 May 2026ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL ST JOHNS ROAD PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 16 Mar 2004BROUGHTON PRESTON
Received 6 Jun 2006ST GREGORYS PRIMARY EAVES GREEN ROAD CHORLEY
Received 1 Feb 2012FORMER WELCH WHITTLE COLLIERY TOWN LANE CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 29 May 1991DALTON QUARRY LEES LANE DALTON
Received 12 Mar 2012HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, MYLES STANDISH WAY, CHORLEY
Received 15 Jul 2016RECYCLING LIVES, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 11 Jun 2019MORECAMBE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, MORECAMBE ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 1 Feb 2013APPLEY LANE APPLEY BRIDGE WIGAN R.D.
Received 10 May 1952ADJACENT TO MAY VALE AT THE JUNCTION OF GARSTANG ROAD AND HORSE PACK LANE STAKE POOL NEAR PILLING
Received 4 Feb 2008Records 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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