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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SOUTH PARKHALL CHORLEY
Received 6 Sept 2004CHAUCER COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAUCER ROAD FLEEWOOD
Received 25 Jun 2004BARTON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE BARTON ROAD LANCSTER
Received 30 Mar 2010BANKFIELD QUARRY, CLITHEROE
Received 13 Dec 2018WILLOW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WILLOW LANE LANCASTER
Received 10 Dec 2002ROSEWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROSEWOOD AVENUE, BURNLEY
Received 5 Jun 2013RIBBLETON AVENUE METHODIST JUNIOR SCHOOL EMERSON ROAD PRESTON
Received 12 Nov 2004Darnside Slipway Lancaster
Received 27 Dec 1998PREESE HALL EXPLORATION SITE C/O PREESE HALL FARM WEETON KIRKHAM PRESTON
Received 27 Jan 2010SAINTS MARY AND MICHAEL CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL CASTLE LANE GARSTANG
Received 19 Nov 2003TRIPLE C SKIPS UNIT 13 MOORFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CLAYTON LE MOORS
Received 16 Mar 2010SANDONS FARM ADLINGTON CHORLEY
Received 31 Jul 2006DUKE STREET PRIMARY DUKE STREET CHORLEY
Received 6 Mar 2009COTTAM HALL BRICKWORKS SITE SOUTH WEST OF COTTAM AVENUE PRESTON
Received 26 Jul 2006Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane
Received 17 Feb 2025LAND SOUTH OF GRANGE ROAD SINGLETON
Received 24 Aug 2010NORDEN HIGH SCHOOL STOURTON STREET RISHTON
Received 2 Aug 2002BARROWFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL RUSHTON STREET BARROWFORD NELSON
Received 11 May 2010JAMESTONE QUARRY GRANE ROAD HASLINGDEN
Received 5 Nov 1997COTTAM HALL BRICKWORKS SITE SOUTH WEST OF COTTAM AVENUE PRESTON
Received 26 Jan 2007LYDIATE LANE SAND QUARRY, LYDIATE LANE, FARINGTON, LEYLAND.
Received 3 May 2016OFF JUNCTION ROAD/CHANNEL WAY PRESTON
Received 7 Jun 2011MERE BROW WASET WATER TREATMENT WORKS MERE BROW LANE OFF A565 MERE BROW
Received 26 Jun 2003LAND ADJACENT TO REDSCAR WOOD REDSCAR PRESTON
Received 15 Jul 2011Records 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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