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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GARDNER ROAD WARTON
Received 1 Apr 2003SAVICK WAY TO THE LANCASTER CANAL LEA PRESTON
Received 19 Nov 2010BRADLEYS SAND PIT, LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 26 Sept 2008WENNINGTON HALL LANCASTER
Received 17 Oct 2008Riversway, Lea, Preston
Received 21 Dec 2023Land adjacent to Wigan Lane, Heath Charnock, Adlington, Chorley
Received 3 Apr 2023RAVENHEAD QUARRY, IBSTOCK BRICK, CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND.
Received 10 Jan 2014RIGBY HOUGHTON HOUSE QUARRY & LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD ADLINGTON
Received 26 Apr 2005CARLETON GREEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY, ARUNDEL DRIVE, CARLETON, POULTON-LE-FYLDE.
Received 6 Jan 2016PIMLICO JOINT DIVISIONAL OFFICES PIMLICO ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 15 Sept 2008COUPE GREEN PRIMARY COUPE GREEN HOGHTON
Received 6 May 2011LITTLE HOOLE PRIMARY SCHOOL DOB LANE WALMER BRIDGE
Received 15 Dec 2004THE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING HUB, ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL, HARRINGTON ROAD, CHORLEY.
Received 6 Aug 2018Fleetwood High School Broadway Fleetwood
Received 12 Jun 2001JAMESON ROAD HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 26 Nov 2002LOYNE SPECIALIST SCHOOL SEFTON DRIVE LANCASTER
Received 2 Jun 2021RIBBLESDALE NURSERY SCHOOL QUEENS ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 5 Jan 2007LAND AT EUXTON NEAR CHORLEY (RUNSHAW QUARRY)
Received 22 Oct 2009LANCASTER ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 29 Aug 2018COTTAM PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD AREA ALONGSIDE OF BOUNDARY FENCE HAYDOCKS LANE COTTAM
Received 19 Nov 2003LITTLE QUARRIES WHITTLE-LE- WOODS
Received 4 Sept 1968RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 16 Nov 1987Springbrook Farm Thropps Lane Longton
Received 19 Jun 2001RIVERSIDE WASTE TRANSFER AND RECYCLING CENTRE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 31 Aug 2011Records 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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