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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PADIHAM GREEN C OF E PRIMARY ST ANNES STREET PADIHAM
Received 17 May 2010NELSON WHITEFIELD NURSERY HOWARD STREET NELSON
Received 22 Nov 2002BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF BONNY BARN ROAD, HUNDRED END, BANKS
Received 14 Feb 2019STRIKE LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL STRIKE LANE FRECKLETON PRESTON
Received 30 Jun 2004LANESHAWBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL EMMOTT LANE LANESHAW BRIDGE COLNE
Received 6 Dec 2010Leapers Wood Quarry, Carnforth
Received 6 Oct 1997BALLADEN PRIMARY SCHOOL LINDEN LEA RAWTENSTALL ROSSENDALE
Received 25 May 2007WHITE CROSS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SOUTH ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 19 Oct 2022OPPOSITE ELDERSFIELD AND NEWLANDS BRICKHOUSE LANE COLD ROW NORTH OF HAMBLETON
Received 12 Nov 2007BRINDLE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS BRINDLE
Received 6 Mar 2003RECYCLING LIVES, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 23 May 2016MORECAMBE LIBRARY, CENTRAL DRIVE, MORECAMBE.
Received 13 Dec 2013GERMAN LANE CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 10 Oct 2005LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY, CARNFORTH
Received 18 Feb 2002FULWOOD OUR LADY'S AND ST EDWARDS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL LIGHTFOOT LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 26 May 2004EARBY SPRINGFIELD PRIMARY BAILEY STREET EARBY COLNE
Received 21 Apr 2008BOLTON BY BOWLAND C OF E SCHOOL GISBURN ROAD BOLTON BY BOWLAND
Received 20 Apr 2011CLITHEROE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL YORK STREET CLITHEROE
Received 25 Mar 2010PENWORTHAM GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL COP LANE PENWORTHAM PRESTON
Received 23 Jan 2003LYTHAM ST ANNES HIGH SCHOOL WORSLEY ROAD ANSDELL LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 22 Sept 2000City Skips, 246 Oldfield Road, Walton Summit Business Park, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 8BG
Received 3 Apr 2007PADIHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BURNLEY ROAD, PADIHAM, BURNLEY
Received 17 Dec 2014HENTHORN LANDFILL SITE, HENTHORN ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 15 Jul 2016SOUTHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL CLOVER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 14 Jul 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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