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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
CATLOW QUARRY CRAWSHAW LANE CATLOW BURNLEY
Received 20 Dec 2007IGHTENHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL OAK STREET BURNLEY
Received 18 Sept 2007ACORN PRIMARY SCHOOL MOOR PARK PRESTON
Received 10 Feb 2012WADDINGTON FELL QUARRY FELL ROAD WADDINGTON CLITHEROE
Received 12 Sept 2007VACANT LAND, NORTH 70 NORMOSS ROAD, POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 20 Dec 2013Ravenhead Quarry, Chequer Lane, Up Holland, WN8 0DD
Received 24 Sept 2025SOUTH PARKHALL
Received 21 Jan 2004CLITHEROE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, HENTHORN ROAD, CLITHEROE.
Received 2 Oct 2017ENVIROCHEMCONTROL 1-3 PRESTWOOD PLACE EAST PIMBO SKELMERSDALE
Received 13 Jul 2006FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 17 Nov 2009PINFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL PINFOLD LANE SCARISBRICK
Received 16 Feb 2011OFF POOL FOOT LANE, LITTLE SINGLETON, POULTON LE FYLDE.
Received 1 Oct 2014HUTCHBANK QUARRY, HASLINGDEN
Received 28 May 2014CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 6 Mar 2001BRANDWOOD QUARRY
Received 17 Nov 1970BURSCOUGH VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, COLBOURNE CLOSE, BURSCOUGH.
Received 23 Apr 2013R DRAPER LTD STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD
Received 14 Jul 2021ST PETERS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH STREET BURNLEY
Received 28 Apr 2006LAND ADJACENT TO 234 BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 5 Mar 2015SHERWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL SHERWOOD WAY FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 8 Jan 2009SUBMISSION FOLLOWING ENFORCEMENT APPEAL CHATBURN OLD ROAD CHATBURN
Received 6 Oct 2021EARLS WAY/PRINCESS WAY CHORLEY
Received 22 Dec 2003REAR OF 133 BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 5 Apr 2004CLOVER ROAD/BUTTERWORTH BROW CHORLEY
Received 9 May 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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