Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ALBYN STREET EAST, PRESTON
Received 11 Aug 2011CHERRYFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL COG LANE BURNLEY
Received 19 Jun 2003Horncliffe Quarry, off Bury Road Rawtenstall
Received 6 Feb 2002TARLETON HIGH SCHOOL HESKETH LANE TARLETON
Received 10 Jul 2003LAND OPPOSITE 24 SACKVILLE STREET BRIERFIELD
Received 16 Oct 2002CULSHAWS FARM, HOLKER LANE, ULNES WALTON, PR26 8LL
Received 7 Sept 2022WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE, WHINNEY HILL ROAD, ACCRINGTON
Received 15 Feb 2011WEST BRADFORD ROAD WORKS CLITHEROE
Received 23 Jul 1984PRESTON TO BAMBER BRIDGE GREENWAY LEYLAND ROAD LOWER PENWORTHAM PRESTON
Received 22 Oct 2012FLAKEFLEET PRIMARY SCHOOL, NORTHFLEET AVENUE, FLEETWOOD
Received 17 Apr 2012THE LAURELS AT CHARNOCK, CHARNOCK RICHARD GOLF COURSE , PRESTON ROAD, CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 3 Oct 2019B5 RED SCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 5 Aug 2009St Helens C of E school lancaster road Overton Morecambe
Received 27 Nov 2001WEETON COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, GRANTHAM ROAD, WEETON WITH PREESE
Received 15 May 2017WALTON LANE NURSERY SCHOOL WALTON LANE NELSON
Received 10 Sept 2002Underbrow Farm Cribdenside Haslingden
Received 9 Oct 1998Grosvenor Park School Roeburn Drive Morecambe
Received 27 Nov 2001LYDIATE QUARRY, LYDIATE LANE,FARINGTON
Received 12 Jul 2022GILLIES STREET GARAGE, GILLIES STREET, ACCRINGTON
Received 29 Jan 2014EDUCATION CAREERS OFFICE UNION STREET CHORLEY
Received 6 Oct 2008HILLSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, EGERTON, TANHOUSE, INCE-IN-MAKERFIELD
Received 10 Sept 2014High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 16 Jul 1948TWIST HILL/DELF HILL QUARRY BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY
Received 13 Aug 1979SANDYLANDS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL HAPTON ROAD HEYSHAM MORECAMBE
Received 15 Mar 2004Records 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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