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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WHINNEY HILL QUARRY AND LANDFILL SITE WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM ACCRINGTON
Received 23 Feb 2012ENFORCEMENT APPEAL - Preston New Road Exploration Site, Preston New Road, Westby-with-Plumptons, PR4 3PJ
Received 6 Jul 2026TOWERS YARD, OFF WHITEGATE, WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MORECAMBE
Received 1 Nov 2012SIR TOM FINNEY SCHOOL (FORMERLY ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE) RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE, RIBBLETON, PRESTON
Received 18 Jun 2014BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS SAMLESBURY
Received 19 Oct 2004RAKEHEAD HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE BLACKWOOD ROAD STACKSTEAD BACUP
Received 21 Apr 2005FULWOOD AND CADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, CADLEY CAUSEWAY, PRESTON
Received 12 Sept 2019CARPARK BOUNDED BY ACCRINGTON TRAIN STATION AND EAGLE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 28 Jun 2010NORTHCLIFFE SCHOOL SITE, BLACKBURN OLD ROAD, GREAT HARWOOD
Received 23 Oct 2020PLOT 3.4/BUILDING 2 LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK ENTERPRISE DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 17 Mar 2020High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 16 Aug 1950WHINNEY HILL QUARRY AND LANDFILL SITE WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM ACCRINGTON
Received 24 Mar 2009GRASS VERGE OPPOSITE 320 LYTHAM ROAD, WARTON
Received 13 Feb 2013CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON.
Received 28 May 2014ASMALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, TENNSYSON DRIVE, ORMSKIRK
Received 12 May 2014CATLOW FOLD FARM, SOUTHFIELD LANE, SOUTHFIELD, LANCASHIRE
Received 7 Mar 2022HAMBLETON PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH LANE HAMBLETON
Received 5 Jan 2007LARKHOLME LODGE LARKHOLME AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 18 Jun 2010LAND ADJACENT TO 184 LANCASTER ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 10 Feb 2011FULWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BLACK BULL LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 25 Jan 2011LAND OFF BAZIL LANE OVERTON
Received 5 Jan 2011BUCKSHAW PRIMARY SCHOOL CHANCERY ROAD CHORLEY
Received 18 Dec 2009HELMSHORE PRIMARY SCHOOL GREGORY FOLD HELMSHORE
Received 31 Jul 2006Dunald Mill Hole, Nether Kellet
Received 19 Jun 1989Records 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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