Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND ADJACENT TO KILCRASH LANE NATEBY
Received 24 Nov 1997BROUGHTON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE, BROUGHTON
Received 11 Jul 2018GREAT ARLEY SCHOOL HOLLY ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 12 Jun 2002ANNAS ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, ANNAS ROAD, OFF PEEL ROAD, WESTBY
Received 18 Feb 2015SOUTHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, CLOVER ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 22 Feb 2016HILL TOP COLLIERY DRIFTMINE BACUP
Received 19 Aug 2002LAND AT DINGLE QUARRY, OFF LEES LANE, DALTON
Received 30 Dec 1967NIGHTINGALE HALL FARM QUERNMORE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 19 May 2009CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS COMMON BANK LANE EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 6 Mar 2003Ream Hills Farm, Mythop Road, Weeton With Preese PR4 3NB
Received 30 Apr 2025LAND OFF BOURBLES FARM, PREESALL
Received 13 Jun 2022AT RIVER WYRE FORESHORE LAND NORTH OF RIVER ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 13 Nov 1964CAR PARK AT JUNCTION OF ST MARY'S WAY AND BANK STREET, RAWTENSTALL
Received 8 May 2014BROADGATE, RIVERSIDE AND RIVERSIDE ROAD PRESTON
Received 13 Aug 2021PREESALL WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WEST OF COATES FARM PREESALL
Received 30 Mar 2004HOLY TRINITY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL RAGLAN ROAD BURNLEY
Received 30 May 2006JAMESON ROAD LANDFILL SITE, JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 10 Dec 2018ROOLEY MOOR ROAD, BACUP
Received 15 Feb 1965Back Lane / High Roads Works Nether Kellet Carnforth
Received 13 Dec 2000LEE QUARRY AT STACKSTEADS NEAR BACUP - ROSSENDALE.
Received 11 May 2009ACCESS TRACK OFF PRESTON OLD ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 9 Nov 2010RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 14 Sept 2020WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 Nov 2002PLOT 5 ENTERPRISE WAY BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 27 Mar 2003Records 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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