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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 8 May 2014Mere Brow Wastewater Treatment Works, Mere Brow Lane, Tarleton
Received 7 Dec 2022St Josephs R C School, Whalley Road, Hurst Green
Received 14 Jun 2023OUR LADY OF LOURDES PRIMARY SCHOOL, KELLET ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 17 Feb 2014St Michael's Primary School Kirkham
Received 12 Dec 200173 SLYNE ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 20 Feb 2009SANDONS FARM, SANDY LANE, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 30 Jan 2015LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELDS TOWNELEY HOLMES ROAD BURNLEY
Received 19 Oct 2010MEADOWFIELD RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME MEADOWFIELD FULWOOD
Received 21 Jun 2006CLAUGHTON BRICKWORKS, LANCASHIRE
Received 12 May 2017ST MARY'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHALLEY ROAD, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 3 Jul 2018PINGWOOD LANE SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK KIRKBY LIVERPOOL
Received 8 Jun 2007RIGBY HOUGHTON QUARRY AND LANDFILL ADLINGTON
Received 1 Oct 2002West of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 1 Dec 1965WHINNEY HILL QUARRY, WHINNEY HILL ROAD,ACCRINGTON
Received 12 Dec 2008PADIHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 28 Feb 200539A LUNE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LANCASTER
Received 27 Apr 2009WILLCROSS FARM, SKIPTON OLD ROAD, GISBURN.
Received 9 May 2013Ripley St Thomas CE High School Ashton Road Lancaster
Received 8 Feb 2001OVERTON ST HELENS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL LANCASTER ROAD OVERTON MORECAMBE
Received 29 Oct 2010WEST LANCASHIRE YOUTH ZONE LAND ADJACENT TO POLICE STATION AND LIBRARY, SOUTHWAY SKELMERSDALE
Received 4 Apr 2013LAKELAND LEISURE VILLAGE BORWICK LANE BORWICK CARNFORTH
Received 28 Apr 2009GREAT KNOWLEY LANDFILL SITE BLACKBURN ROAD CHORLEY
Received 18 Jun 2003WADDINGTON FELL QUARRY, CLITHEROE
Received 3 Apr 2013Records 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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