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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
DOCK STREET, FLEETWOOD
Received 21 Aug 2002HILLAM LANE FARM, HILLAM LANE, COCKERHAM, LANCASTER
Received 17 Sept 2013MORECAMBE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, MORECAMBE ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 8 Jan 2014HOLY SAVIOURS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL HOLLAND PLACE OFF READYFORD ROAD NELSON
Received 11 Jul 2008CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 14 Oct 2002BROUGHTON, PRESTON
Received 29 Jul 2013SPRING HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL EXCHANGE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 1 Apr 2008MORECAMBE ROAD SCHOOL, MORECAMBE ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 22 Jun 2015Lytham Hall Park Lytham
Received 14 Nov 2001RIGBY QUARRY AND HOUGHTON HOUSE QUARRY ADLINGTON
Received 14 May 1996THE COPPICE SCHOOL ASH GROVE BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 9 Oct 2002-
Received 23 Dec 1996BARROW PRIMARY SCHOOL OLD ROW BARROW CLITHEROE
Received 28 Apr 2003LOSTOCK HALL COMMUNITY PRIMARY LINDEN DRIVE LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 17 Nov 2009READ ST JOHN'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL STRAITS LANE READ
Received 26 Nov 2003BRANDWOOD LOWER END MOOR, BACUP
Received 6 Sept 2010ST PAULS CONSTABLE LEE SCHOOL CALDER ROAD OFF HOLLIN LANE RAWTENSTALL
Received 18 Nov 2002BOWERHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 20 Jun 2018Ryelands Community Primary School, Torrisholme Road, Lancaster, LA1 2RJ
Received 1 Aug 2024DEERPLAY LANDFILL SITE BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 24 Oct 2006GARSTANG COMMUNITY ACADEMY, GARSTANG ROAD, BOWGREAVE, PRESTON
Received 2 May 2012WEST QUARRY AND PARBOLD QUARRY
Received 15 Apr 1997BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY
Received 24 Nov 2017MORECAMBE METALS NORTHGATE WHITE LUND ESTATE MORECAMBE
Received 1 Apr 2009Records 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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