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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SILVERDALE LIBRARY 25 EMESGATE LANE SILVERDALE CARNFORTH
Received 30 Mar 2010CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 19 Jun 2003UNIT 8, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 22 Jul 2011CYCLEWAY BETWEEN BRITANNIA GREENWAY AND HEALEY DELL NATURE RESERVE WHITWORTH
Received 3 Jun 2008SEVEN STARS PRIMARY SCHOOL PEACOCK HALL ROAD LEYLAND
Received 23 Jul 2014FORMER MICHELIN SPORTS SITE WIDOW HILL ROAD BURNLEY
Received 21 Jul 2005HEYSHAM HIGH SCHOOL, LIMES AVENUE, HEYSHAM.
Received 17 Dec 2013LAND RUNNING WEST - EAST BETWEEN WHINNEY HILL ROAD/BOLTON AVENUE JUNCTION AND BURNLEY ROAD A679/A56 (T) JUNCTION PASSING VIA ALTHAM LANE
Received 21 Aug 2008Cuerden Strategic Site East of Stanfield Lane, Lostock Lane, Lostock Hall, PR5 5XQ
Received 30 Jul 2025RAKEHEAD LANDFILL SITE, BACUP
Received 17 May 1977POOL HOUSE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL PRESTON LANCASHIRE
Received 25 Apr 2005PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMROSE HILL ROAD EUXTON
Received 1 Jun 2015NETHER KELLET PRIMARY SCHOOL BRIDGE ROAD NETHER KELLET
Received 22 Aug 2007HILLSIDE NURSERY SCHOOL CEDAR AVENUE HASLINGDEN
Received 6 Apr 2009Peel Park County Primary School, Alice Street, Accrington, BB5 6QR
Received 18 Jul 2024BUILDING 11 ENTERPRISE DRIVE LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK LEYLAND
Received 28 Sept 2022RIVERSIDE MILL CHARLES STREET/REEDYFORD ROAD NELSON
Received 15 Mar 2013FARINGTON WASTE RECOVERY PARK, SUSTAINABILITY WAY, LEYLAND
Received 4 Jul 2011CARLETON GREEN CP SCHOOL ARUNDEL DRIVE CARLTON POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 21 Apr 2005LANCASTER WEST BUSINESS PARK MIDDLETON HEYSHAM
Received 25 Sept 2007LEVER HOUSE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRISTOL AVENUE, FARRINGTON, LEYLAND
Received 20 Mar 2017PLOT 3.3 BADGER ROAD, LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK, LEYLAND
Received 8 Sept 2021ST MARY MAGDELENES BULLER AVENUE PENWORTHAM
Received 26 Jul 2010DEERPLAY LANDFILL SITE BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 8 Feb 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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