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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL KESWICK ROAD LANCASTER
Received 11 Feb 2005HURSTWOOD OFF HURSTWOOD LANE
Received 17 Jan 2011MARSDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL, PERCY STREET, NELSON
Received 2 May 2012RIBBLESDALE CEMENT WORKS CLITHEROE
Received 16 Apr 1997FARINGTON HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE FLENSBURG WAY FARINGTON
Received 26 Nov 2002BROADGATE/RIVERSIDE PRESTON
Received 18 Nov 2010FLETCHER BANK QUARRY, MANCHESTER ROAD, RAMSBOTTOM
Received 14 Jun 2016THIEVELEY COLLIERY CLAY AND COAL SITE HEALD MOOR BACUP ROAD BACUP
Received 10 May 2002LANCASTER CANAL NORTH OF HAMMERTON HALL BRIDGE, LANCASTER.
Received 4 Sept 2013CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 24 Jan 1973GREAT MARSDEN ST JOHN'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL TRENT ROAD NELSON
Received 31 May 2006LEEMING QUARRY STONEYHURST CLITHEROE
Received 24 Aug 2011DEERPLAY LANDFILL BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 7 Apr 200349 Fairfield Drive, Burnley, BB10 2PU
Received 23 Feb 2026WHITEFIELD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL WHITEFIELD ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 16 May 2002GREAT ARLEY SCHOOL HOLLY ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 17 Jun 2005CRAWSHAW STREET, ACCRINGTON (ACCRINGTON BUS STATION)
Received 15 Mar 2016HEYHOUSES NURSERY SCHOOL, CLARENDON ROAD NORTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 30 Jul 2014CATFORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE CATFORTH PRESTON
Received 19 Aug 2004GREENACRES RECYCLING CENTRE BRACEWELL AVENUE POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 31 Oct 2007RIBBLEBANK RESOURCES CENTRE GERRARD STREET PRESTON
Received 3 Jul 2007MYTHOP HALL FARM NR WEETON
Received 6 Oct 2005CHARLES SAER PRIMARY GRANGE ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 31 Oct 2011LAND AT FISHWICK GOLF CLUB MELLINGS WOOD PRESTON
Received 9 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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