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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beech Corner, Daub Hall Lane, Preston, PR5 4EH
Received 13 Aug 2026JUNCTION OF WATERY LANE AND STRAND ROAD PRESTON
Received 7 Jun 2011East Quarry, Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge, WN6 9AE
Received 25 Jun 2024BRINDLE GREGSON LANE SCHOOL BOURNES ROW HOGHTON PRESTON
Received 6 Feb 2006Land near Croston Mill Bridge, Grape Lane, Croston
Received 21 Mar 2023HEYSHAM HIGH SCHOOL LIMES AVENUE HEYSHAM MORECAMBE
Received 15 Nov 2004HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WOOD LANE ALTCAR FORMBY
Received 11 Mar 2004TARLETON MERE BROW CE PRIMARY SCHOOL THE GRAVEL MERE BROW TARLETON
Received 19 Oct 2006REAR OF 69 TO 71 BROCKHOLES CRESCENT POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 24 Nov 2008GAWTHORPE HIGH SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 16 Feb 2009Land Adjoining Playing Field at Sandy Lane Preesall
Received 11 Jul 2000SPENCERS QUARRY HIGHER ROAD LONGRIDGE
Received 28 Apr 1953Hillam Lane Farm, Cockerham
Received 21 Jul 1997ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE ALDWYCH DRIVE PRESTON
Received 16 Jun 2020MAINWAY, SKERTON, LANCASTER
Received 9 Nov 2011ALTHAM LANE RAIL BRIDGE ALTHAM LANE HUNCOAT
Received 15 Sept 2009DALLAS ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, LANCASTER
Received 3 Nov 2014ST WULSTAN'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL NURSERY BLOCK POULTON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 31 May 2002ST PATRICKS PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHER WALTON ROAD WALTON LE DALE PRESTON
Received 14 Dec 2010LYTHE BROW, QUERNMORE ROAD, QUERNMORE,LANCASTER
Received 26 Jul 2018DALLAS ROAD CP SCHOOL HIGH STREET LANCASTER
Received 19 Nov 2010EDGE END HIGH SCHOOL HIBSON ROAD NELSON
Received 16 Sept 2003MOSS SIDE DEVELOPMENT PARK ASTON WAY LEYLAND
Received 20 Aug 2004OLD STONE YARD, CHURCH, ACCRINGTON
Received 6 Aug 2015Records 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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