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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS/QUARRY, CHEQUER LANE, UPHOLLAND
Received 21 Jun 2013RISHTON RAILWAY STATION STATION CLOSE RISHTON
Received 10 Mar 2008PILLING ST WILLIAM PRIMARY SCHOOL PILLING
Received 19 May 2009MOORSIDE CP SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 26 Jan 2015Adjacent to 29 Barton Road Scotforth Lancaster
Received 24 Jan 2002WATERFOOT PRIMARY SCHOOL THORNFIELD AVENUE WATERFOOT
Received 21 Oct 2003BACK LANE QUARRY BACK LANE CARNFORTH
Received 4 Sept 2006TRINITY CE METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL KILN LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 25 Aug 2005BRADLEYS SAND PIT LIGHTFOOT LANE PRESTON
Received 26 Apr 2005Fletcher Bank Quarry, Ramsbottom
Received 1 Jul 2026LANCASTER ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL LANCASTER ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 23 Mar 2009BEACON SCHOOL TANHOUSE ROAD SKELMERSDALE
Received 27 May 2002UNITS 2A & 2B TOLLGATE ROAD BURSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURSCOUGH
Received 29 Dec 2003INFORMATION KIOSK/PUBLIC TOILET BUILDING LOCATED AT SPRINGWOOD, WHALLEY
Received 29 Sept 2020LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY CARNFORTH
Received 31 Oct 2006CARLETON GREEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY ARUNDEL DRIVE CARLTON POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 28 Sept 2010V AND B SALVAGE UNIT 37 HEYSHAM BUSINESS PARK HEYSHAM
Received 2 Feb 2004WITHNELL FOLD SCHOOL, WITHNELL FOLD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY
Received 13 May 2014UNIT 3E BOLTON AVENUE HUNCOAT
Received 21 Feb 2021East of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 1 Dec 1985SAVICK BRANCH LIBRARY WEST PARK AVENUE SAVICK
Received 16 Jan 2004NORTH BANK OF RIVER RIBBLE RIBCHETER
Received 29 Oct 1964INTACK QUARRY CLITHEROE AIGHTON
Received 24 Apr 1958Land Junction of Garstang Road and Rawcliffe Road, St Michael's on Wyre, PR3 0UD
Received 21 May 2026Records 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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