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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
NEW BRIDGE FARM STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD
Received 12 Oct 2012PLOT 3.4/BUILDING 2 LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK ENTERPRISE DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 16 Oct 2020Brunshaw School, Morse Street, Burnley
Received 7 Jun 2023BIRKACRE HOUSE AND LAND ADJOINING
Received 11 Nov 1954WADE HALL CHILDRENS CENTRE 75 ROYAL AVENUE LEYLAND
Received 28 Jul 2010NORPOL RECYCLING LIMITED NORPOL HOUSE CHARLES STREET NELSON
Received 10 Jun 2010NORRIS FARM, DOWNHOLLAND MOSS LANE, FORMBY
Received 28 May 2012CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMMON BANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 27 Sept 2016YMCA, MYTHOP ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 31 Aug 2010ELM TREE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ELMERS WOOD ROAD SKELMERSDALE
Received 28 Jun 2011ELLEL QUARRY BAY HORSE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 23 Feb 2021WHALLEY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 21 Dec 2018WHITEGATE NURSERY SCHOOL VICTORIA ROAD PADIHAM
Received 25 Apr 2003PENWORTHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL CROOKINGS LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 21 Nov 2002BALSHAW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY BREDON AVENUE EUXTON
Received 5 May 2011THORNTON WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK FORMER BURN HALL SITE HILLHOUSE BUSINESS PARK THORNTON
Received 19 Sept 2006LAND ADJACENT TO BROUGHTON BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE BROUGHTON PRESTON
Received 25 Mar 2011BURSCOUGH VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, COLBURNE CLOSE, BURSCOUGH
Received 26 Apr 2016BURSCOUGH VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL COLBURNE CLOSE BURSCOUGH
Received 1 Jul 2008HASLAM PARK NORTH OF SAVICK BROOK OFF TOM BENSON WAY PRESTON
Received 22 Aug 2003HINDLES COMMERCIALS LTD TOWN LANE CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 21 Oct 2005BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, GREENBERFIELD LANE, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 1 Oct 2019LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK CENTURION WAY LEYLAND
Received 2 Sept 2004FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 13 Oct 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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