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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Michaels CE Primary school, Delph Park Ave Aughton
Received 15 Mar 2002UNIT 9 MOORFIELD DRIVE, MOORFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ALTHAM.
Received 5 Dec 2013LARKHOLME CP SCHOOL, WINDERMERE AVENUE, FLEETWOOD
Received 27 Feb 2013STARS BROOK SEPTIC TANK PRESTON ROAD COPPULL MOOR CHORLEY
Received 15 Nov 2006WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE BOLTON ROAD WITHNELL CHORLEY
Received 1 Sept 2011TWIST HILL QUARRY, SWEET WELL HOUSE FARM, TODMORDEN ROAD, BRIERCLIFFE, BURNLEY.
Received 19 Aug 2013LANESHAWBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL EMMOTT LANE LANESHAW BRIDGE COLNE
Received 19 May 2015GREENLANDS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL DAWNAY ROAD PRESTON
Received 21 Nov 2003Lynwood, Blackpool Road, Newton With Clifton, PR4 3RU
Received 21 Mar 2024LAND OFF GERMAN LANE, CHARNOCK RICHARD, CHORLEY
Received 11 Jun 1996ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE, ALDWYCH DRIVE, ASHTON, PRESTON.
Received 26 Sept 2013114 SUMMERWOOD LANE HALSALL
Received 15 Dec 2006ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE
Received 13 Nov 2001West of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 13 Nov 2005SHERWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL SHERWOOD WAY FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 24 Jul 2012BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS SPRING LANE NABS HEAD SAMLESBURY
Received 26 Nov 2004WILLOW LAND COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WILLOW LANE LANCASTER
Received 26 Jan 2002LAND COMPRISING OF NEW LEA HALL FARM AND WALLEND ROAD RIVERSWAY PRESTON
Received 8 Feb 2005MOOR NOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, MITTON DRIVE, PRESTON
Received 11 Mar 2015UNIT 3 EMMETT STREET PRESTON
Received 10 Oct 2012WHITTLE HILL QUARRY CHORLEY OLD ROAD WHITTLE-LE-WOODS CHORLEY
Received 23 Jan 1951SANDYLANDS PRIMARY BALMORAL ROAD HEYSHAM
Received 9 Feb 2007STANAH PRIMARY SCHOOL LAMBS ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 31 Jan 2003SHUTTLEWORTH COLLEGE, BURNLEY ROAD, PADIHAM
Received 12 Nov 2019Records 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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