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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coates Lane Primary School Kirkstall Drive Barnoldswick
Received 8 Nov 2001PARKLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 26 Apr 2004FIELD OPPOSITE JUNCTION OF WINIFRED LANE AND GRANVILLE PARK, AUGHTON, NEAR ORMSKIRK
Received 17 Apr 2013WOODNOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL HUDSON STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 23 Mar 2009WIGAN WWTW DEANS LANE HOSCAR
Received 29 Sept 1997LAND ADJACENT TO LOW GILL WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF LOW GILL LANE LOW GILL
Received 13 Mar 2006HOPE HIGH SCHOOL, CARFIELD, SKELMERSDALE
Received 13 Jul 2018117-118 CLYDESDALE PLACE, MOSS SIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEYLAND
Received 1 Feb 2016LAND AT EUXTON NEAR CHORLEY (RUNSHAW QUARRY)
Received 23 Mar 2005BRINSCALL QUARRY TWIST MOOR LANE BRINSCALL
Received 24 Mar 2014FISHWICK BOTTOMS AREA OF PRESTON FROM WATERY LANE TO A59 BROCKHOLES BROW
Received 3 Dec 2002CASTLE CEMENT LIMITED RIBBLESDALE WORKS CLITHEROE
Received 9 Feb 2004LAND OPPOSITE 4 HAMILTON ROAD AND REAR OF 60AND 62 CROMWELL ROAD PRESTON
Received 14 Jun 2005High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 7 May 1976HILLAM LANE COCKERHAM
Received 1 May 2003HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE, CHAPEL HILL ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 16 Feb 2015AGRICULTURAL ENCLOSURE ADJACENT TO WYCOLLAR BECK WYCOLLAR VILLAGE COLNE
Received 11 Nov 2010Lancaster Road Out Rawcliffe
Received 10 Aug 1998Pimbo Bushes Quarry, South East of Up Holland, Skelmersdale
Received 25 Apr 2023BLESSED TRINITY RC COLLEGE, (FORMERLY ST THEODORES) ORMEROD ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 17 Mar 2009CHIPPING WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS LONGRIDGE ROAD CHIPPING
Received 4 Feb 2008LORD STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL LORD STREET COLNE
Received 15 Nov 2006PADIHAM GREEN C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, ST ANNES STREET, PADIHAM, BURNLEY
Received 17 Feb 2014BRINSCALL AND WITHNELL ATHLETICS & RECREATION ASSOCIATION SCHOOL LANE BRINSCALL
Received 23 Aug 2010Records 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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