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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE - WHOLE SITE
Received 1 Mar 1999CHERRYFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL
Received 2 May 2003LAND OFF CRAWSHAW STREET CAR PARK, ACCRINGTON (ACCRINGTON BUS STATION)
Received 28 Oct 2014MIDDLE HILL QUARRIES SHAWFORTH WHITWORTH
Received 9 Nov 2006MOSS ROSE PIGGERIES DICKIES LANE SOUTH MARTON MOSS BLACKPOOL
Received 11 May 2006OVERTON PLAYING FIELDS, OFF LANCASTER ROAD, OVERTON
Received 1 Feb 2012LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY, KELLET ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 10 Jul 2012UNIT E CHAIN CAUL ROAD PRESTON RIVERSWAY
Received 3 Dec 2003BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF BONNY BARN ROAD, HUNDRED END, BANKS
Received 26 Jan 2017EARBY AUTOS GARAGE SKIPTON ROAD EARBY
Received 15 Sept 2004SALT AYRE OVANGLE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 9 Sept 2008BARDEN HIGH SCHOOL HEALD ROAD BURNLEY
Received 21 Apr 2006MOUNT PLEASANT PRIMARY SCHOOL EARL STREET CLAYTON-LE-MOORS ACCRINGTON
Received 11 Jun 2003UNIT 6 & 7 HOLME ROAD CLAYTON LE MOORS ACCRINGTON
Received 11 Jan 2011Harris County Primary School Wychnor Fulwood Preston
Received 17 Dec 2001UNIT 1A, SUMMIT WORKS, MANCHESTER ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 15 Mar 2017Fleetwood High School Broadway Fleetwood.
Received 30 Apr 2001LAND ADJACENT TO SPRINGFIELD SPORTS GROUND LEA
Received 11 Apr 2011CLAYTON HALL WASTE MANAGEMENT SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE-LE-WOODS CHORLEY
Received 31 Dec 2002LYNWOOD BLACKPOOL ROAD NEWTON
Received 24 Jan 2011BARTON ROAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE BARTON ROAD SCOTFORTH LANCASTER
Received 15 Sept 2005LAND NORTH/ADJACENT TO BROCKHOLES WOOD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BRANT ROAD ORREST ROAD PRESTON
Received 18 Feb 2005Sharney Ford CP School
Received 20 Nov 2001WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE, WHINNEY HILL ROAD, ALTHAM
Received 14 Sept 2015Records 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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