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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
WITHNELL FOLD FARM CHORLEY
Received 17 Dec 2002AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF PLUMPTON HALL FARM TO WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, PRESTON
Received 24 Oct 2016IRON HOUSE FARM LANCASTER ROAD OUT-RAWCLIFFE
Received 16 Oct 2020HIGHFIELD NURSERY SCHOOL WRIGHT STREET CHORLEY
Received 25 Jul 2007Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 8 May 2026TULKETH HIGH SCHOOL TAG LANE INGOL PRESTON
Received 16 Apr 2002Land off Blackburn Road, Intack, Oswaldtwistle.
Received 3 Sept 2007RHYDDINGS HIGH SCHOOL HAWORTH STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 14 Nov 200561-63 MARL HILL CRESCENT RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 4 Feb 2004Queens Drive Primary School, Black Bull Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3LA
Received 5 Jun 2024MIDDLETON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 15 Jun 2000POLLARDS FARM OFF HOWICK CROSS LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 8 Sept 2010COP LANE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL COP LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 29 Jan 2004OFF JUNCTION ROAD/CHANNEL WAY PRESTON
Received 6 Mar 2013CAR PARK AT JUNCTION OF BULK ROAD AND PARLIAMENT STREET, LANCASTER
Received 19 Mar 2013ELLEL CRAG QUARRY, BAY HORSE ROAD, ELLEL, LANCASTER
Received 10 Jun 2019MOOR PARK HIGH SCHOOL MOOR PARK AVENUE PRESTON
Received 7 Jun 2002BACK LANE QUARRY, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH
Received 7 Mar 2013SANDONS FARM QUARRY, SANDY LANE, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 23 Dec 2019NEWBRIDGE FARM STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD
Received 27 Jul 2006NORRIS FARM DOWNHOLLAND MOSS LANE FORMBY
Received 1 May 2014HEYS PLAYING FIELDS HERON WAY OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 2 Oct 2009COTTAM HALL BRICKWORKS SITE SOUTH WEST OF COTTAM AVENUE PRESTON
Received 29 Mar 2006WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 Feb 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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