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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 11 Nov 2002LEA COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL GREAVES TOWN LANE LEA PRESTON
Received 2 Nov 2005BRADLEYS SAND PIT LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 14 Mar 2012LAND OFF LEE LANE RISHTON
Received 21 Jun 1990ST JOHNS C E PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE BURSCOUGH BRIDGE
Received 5 Jan 2007UNIT 8, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, THORNTON - CLEVELEYS
Received 8 Oct 2014WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 Apr 2017BRADLEYS NURSERY SCHOOL, BRADLEY ROAD, NELSON
Received 30 Jun 2014MOSS SIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL PARADISE LANE LEYLAND
Received 15 Dec 2004LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY CARNFORTH
Received 31 Oct 2006ASMALL COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, TENNYSON DRIVE, ORMSKIRK
Received 23 Aug 2021ST ANDREWS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 2 Nov 2006WALTON LE DALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS WINERY LANE WALTON LE DALE PRESTON
Received 6 Jan 2011RAKEHEAD QUARRY KINGS HIGHWAY HUNCOAT ACCRINGTON
Received 31 Jul 2012LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL HIGHWAYS DEPOT BACK HORNBY ROAD CATON
Received 5 Mar 2010LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY CARNFORTH LANCASTER
Received 5 Oct 2006SHAKESPEARE PRIMARY SCHOOL MANOR ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 8 May 2009HEYHOUSES ENDOWED C OF E JUNIOR SCHOOL, CLARENDON ROAD NORTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 25 Jun 2014LAND OFF BAZIL LANE, OVERTON
Received 11 Aug 2011NEW ROSE SCHOOL SITE OF FORMER MYRTLE BANK NURSERY SCHOOL GREENOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 27 Mar 2009LAND AT LINDUM PARK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE OFF BOUNDARY ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 7 Mar 2008ST WILFRID'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH STREET RIBCHESTER
Received 4 Jun 2003SHUTTLEWORTH COLLEGE KIDDROW LANE BURNLEY
Received 15 Nov 2006SHAKESPEARE PRIMARY SCHOOL MANOR ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 8 May 2006Records 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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