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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
WHITE LUND DEPOT, WHITE LUND ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 16 Aug 2013ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL RIGBY STREET PRESTON
Received 26 Aug 2005WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS DEANS LANE HOSCAR
Received 20 Nov 2007ASMALL PRIMARY SCHOOL TENNYSON DRIVE ORMSKIRK
Received 19 Aug 2010HORNBY SAND QUARRY PRIORY FARM HORNBY
Received 16 May 1977GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 8 Dec 2010WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS DEANS LANE LATHOM ORMSKIRK
Received 23 Mar 2009ST MARIA GORETTI CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL GAMULL LANE PRESTON
Received 7 Jun 2002CATLOW QUARRY CATLOW NR NELSON
Received 28 Oct 2004BACUP AND RAWTENSTALL GRAMMAR SCHOOL GLEN ROAD ROSSENDALE
Received 26 Oct 2009HEYSHAM HIGH SCHOOL, LIMES AVENUE, HEYSHAM
Received 10 Jul 2017BASNETT STREET NURSERY BASNETT STREET BURNLEY
Received 6 Jan 2011PENWORTHAM GOLF CLUB OFF A59 VIA CROOKINGS LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 8 Oct 2009ROUND O QUARRY - WHOLE SITE
Received 12 Jun 2002HOLLAND MOOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CORN BROOK SKELMERSDALE
Received 8 Dec 2004WITHNELL QUARRY BOLTON ROAD WITHNELL NEAR CHORLEY
Received 30 Nov 2007PENWORTHAM GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, COP LANE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON
Received 14 Jan 2015GRAVEL LANE WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION GRAVEL LANE BANKS
Received 1 Mar 2006HASLAM PARK ASHTON PRESTON
Received 24 Aug 2005CLIFTON MARSH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, PRESTON NEW ROAD, FRECKLETON
Received 17 Dec 2015FORMER OFFICE BUILDING TO THE REAR OF THE GREETBY BUILDING DERBY STREET ORMSKIRK
Received 15 Oct 2012Electricity Generating Plant, Jameson Road, Fleetwood, FY7 8TW
Received 6 Jun 2024Pendle Transfer Loading station Regent Street Pendle
Received 27 Nov 2001GERMAN LANE SAND QUARRY, GERMAN LANE, CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 19 Feb 1997Records 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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