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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Duck Pits, Off Wood End Road, Burnley, BB12 0EB
Received 4 Apr 2024WHITEMOSS HORTICULTURE, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KNOWSLEY INDUSTRIAL PARK, KIRKBY
Received 1 Feb 2016Douglas Bank Farm, Throstles Nest Lane, Anderton, Chorley, PR6 9HN
Received 17 Sept 2024CASTLE CEMENT RIBBLESDALE WORKS CLITHEROE
Received 17 Sept 2003THE COPPICE SCHOOL, ASH GROVE, BAMBER BRIDGE.
Received 22 Nov 2016MORECAMBE BRANCH LIBRARY CENTRAL DRIVE MORECAMBE
Received 1 Nov 2004TIM BUTLER PLANT HIRE LTD, MIDDLETON ROAD, MIDDLETON.
Received 23 Dec 2013LAND TO THE SOUTH OF NORMOSS ROAD, NORMOSS
Received 21 Sept 2012DALTON QUARRY LEES LANE DALTON
Received 11 Nov 1953GASKELL HOUSE, 45-49, ROUGH HEY ROAD, PRESTON
Received 12 Dec 2018WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 Jun 2011Shore Road, Junction with Chapel Road, Hesketh Bank
Received 20 Sept 2023DUNALD MILL QUARRY NETHER KELLET
Received 14 Oct 2009HOOLE MARSH LANDFILL SITE MUCH HOOLE
Received 31 Mar 1977ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE, ALDWYCH DRIVE, PRESTON
Received 10 Sept 2021RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 21 Mar 1985ELDON PRIMARY SCHOOL ELDON STREET PRESTON
Received 29 Jul 2003Land between Stopgate Lane and Simonswood Industrial Estate, Simonswood
Received 17 Feb 2026UNIT 9 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE STOPGATE LANE KIRKBY
Received 20 Jan 2011EWR SKIPS EDEN WORKS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE COLNE ROAD KELBROOK
Received 8 Jan 2021LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OLD ALDCLIFFE ROAD, STODDAY, LANCASTER
Received 11 Aug 2020INGOL HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING CENTRE TOM BENSON WAY INGOL PRESTON
Received 7 May 2002PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET. PRESTON
Received 27 Jul 2016ICI BURROWS FARM STALMINE PREESALL
Received 18 Jul 1990Records 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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