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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
WESTGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE.
Received 30 Nov 2016C24 Redscar Industrial Estate Preston
Received 10 Dec 2001FLEETWOOD SURE START CHILDRENS CENTRE FLAKEFLEET PRIMARY NORTH FLEET AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 21 Sept 2010GREAT WOOD PRIMARY BEAUFORT ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 21 Dec 2012PENWORTHAM BYPASS - FROM A582 BROAD OAK ROUNDABOUT CONNECTING TO A59 BETWEEN HOWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BLACKHURST COTTAGES.
Received 17 Sept 2018TREALES C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH ROAD TREALES
Received 18 Jan 2008SITE OF ST LUKES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL CARFIELD CLAY BROW SKELMERSDALE
Received 14 Jul 2010FORMER ROYAL ORDNANCE SITE EUXTON LANE CHORLEY
Received 5 May 2006MIDDLETON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 16 May 2007FORTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS LANCASHIRE
Received 15 May 2003MORECAMBE CHILDRENS CENTRE CLARKE STREET MORECAMBE
Received 29 Feb 2008UNIT 4 BRITANNIA MILL RUSKIN STREET BURNLEY
Received 16 Jan 2013LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 3 Oct 2007CARR HEAD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, CARR HEAD LANE, POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 8 Nov 2018LAND OPPOSITE GLEN VILLE NEWCHURCH ROAD ROSSENDALE
Received 18 Mar 2004CITY OF PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE RIBBLETON
Received 17 Dec 2004ST HILDA'S CE PRIMARY BISPHAM ROAD CARLETON POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 1 Jun 2006ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE
Received 30 Sept 2004Lower Burgh HWDC
Received 24 Mar 1999BRADLEYS SAND PIT LIGHTFOOT LANE PRESTON
Received 27 Apr 2005FIELD OFF OXCLIFFE ROAD WHITE LUND
Received 30 Jan 2008PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, PRESTON.
Received 3 Oct 2017City Commercials Ltd Simonswood Ind Est Stopgate Lane Kirkby
Received 29 Nov 2001CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL, CRAG ROAD, LANCASTER.
Received 23 Apr 2014Records 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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