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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 8 Apr 2002Land within the south-eastern extent of the Hillhouse Enterprise Zone, located off South Road, Thornton-Cleveleys.
Received 6 Aug 2024WYNDWAYS, BAMBERS LANE, MARTON, BLACKPOOL
Received 21 Mar 2011OUTSIDE 4 GOLGOTHA ROAD LANCASTER
Received 25 Nov 2003ROYAL CROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL ELSWICK ROAD ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE PRESTON
Received 11 Oct 2005GREAT HARWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL RUSHTON STREET GREAT HARWOOD
Received 15 Jun 2007HEYSHAM HIGH SCHOOL LIMES AVENUE HEYSHAM
Received 15 Mar 2010WESTBY LANDFILL SITE ANNAS ROAD OFF PEEL ROAD WESTBY
Received 10 Jan 2003RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 26 Aug 1971LAND AT EUXTON RUNSHAW
Received 23 Jul 2004COTESTONES LANDFILL SITE WARTON CARNFORTH
Received 14 Jan 2000OVERTON PLAYING FIELDS OFF LANCASTER ROAD OVERTON
Received 15 Jan 2010M55 TO HEYHOUSES LINK LYTHAM MOSS LYTHAM T ANNES LANCASHIRE (LYTHAM MOSS)
Received 25 Nov 2021THE COPPICE SCHOOL ASH GROVE BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 24 May 2011BANKFIELD QUARRY, PIMLICO LINK ROAD, CLITHEROE.
Received 18 Mar 2016HEYHOUSES ENDOWED C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLARENDON ROAD NORTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 26 Sept 2013RHYDDINGS BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE SCHOOL HAWORTH STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 20 Mar 2019IRON HOUSE FARM, LANCASTER ROAD, OUT RAWCLIFFE
Received 10 Aug 2015LAND OFF MANCHESTER ROAD HASLINGDEN
Received 7 Oct 2003PRESTON WESTERN DISTRIBUTOR
Received 19 Dec 2013ON LAND ADJACENT TO WHITE MOSS ROAD SKELMERSDALE SOUTH OF THE REGIONAL ROAD
Received 22 Sept 1971SHARPLES QUARRY, TARNACRE LANE, ST MICHAELS ON WYRE
Received 1 May 2013UNIT 19A GUYS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TOLGATE ROAD BURSCOUGH ORMSKIRK
Received 3 Oct 2005St Marys & St Andrews RC Primary School Station Lane Barton
Received 4 Jul 2001Records 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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