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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ST JAMES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL LANE ORMSKIRK
Received 9 Jun 2006ST ANDREWS C OF E PRIMARY SPRINGFIELD STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 6 Sept 2010ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL, HARRINGTON ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 19 Jul 2018THE ACORN CENTRE, RUFF LANE, ORMSKIRK
Received 26 Jan 2016LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS STODDAY LANCASTER
Received 9 Apr 2002KIRKHAM CARR HILL HIGH SCHOOL, ROYAL AVENUE, KIRKHAM PR4 2ST
Received 28 Aug 2008GRANGE HILL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF GRANGE ROAD, SINGLETON, POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 19 May 2014SCOTLAND ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 25 Jan 2008WASTE TRANSFER STATION SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE STOPGATE LANE KIRKBY
Received 31 Oct 2005Wilpshire Wastewater Treatment Works, Ribchester Road, Wilpshire
Received 24 May 2023UNIT D6-11 JUNCTION 7 BUSINESS PARK BLACKBURN ROAD CLAYTON LE MOORS
Received 25 May 2009FORESHORE WEST AND NORTH WEST OF ST ANNES PIER
Received 23 Nov 1983WADDINGTON & WEST BRADFORD C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, WEST BRADFORD ROAD, WADDINGTON, CLITHEROE
Received 12 May 2010CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 14 Oct 2002FORMER ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY SITE EUXTON LANE CHORLEY
Received 16 Apr 2003ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE ALDWYCH DRIVE PRESTON
Received 22 Dec 2020BOUNDARY FENCE ALONG PUBLIC FOOTPATH LEADING FROM STUART AVENUE TO THORNTON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 17 Jun 2004ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE (FORMERLY ASHTON ON RIBBLE HIGH SCHOOL) ALDWYCH DRIVE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 1 Oct 2004SCOUT MOOR QUARRY EDENFIELD
Received 10 May 2007BALLADEN PRIMARY LINDEN LEA RAWTENSTALL
Received 5 Feb 2013Land off Chapel lane, Ellel, Lancaster
Received 12 Apr 2007DALLAS ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGH STREET LANCASTER
Received 30 Mar 2011LYTHAM ST ANNES TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE, WORSLEY ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 3 Oct 2011SHARPLES QUARRY, TARNACRE LANE, ST MICHAELS, PRESTON
Received 31 May 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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