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Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancashire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
5,679Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 4,825 approved or refused records
129Refused applications

4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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.

More application records

  1. Application Approved08/04/0873

    CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CIRCULATION CORRIDOR AND 2 NO NEW STAIRWELLS TO JUNIOR BLOCK NEW LINK CORRIDOR HOUSING RECEPTION HALL AND AN EXTENSION TO THE INFANT BLOCK TO PROVIDE NEW CLASS BASE

    CLOUGH FOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL HEATHGATE BIRCH GREEN SKELMERSDALE

    Received 1 Jul 2004
  2. Application Ongoing03/96/0538

    WET SCRUBBING PLANT FOR KILN 7

    CASTLE CEMENT WORKS CLITHEROE

    Received 11 Sept 1996
  3. Application Approved01/08/0630

    PROVISION OF NEW OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TRAIL PLAY FACILITY

    WILLOW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL WILLOW LANE LANCASTER

    Received 25 Apr 2008
  4. Application Approved02/06/1335/4

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITION 29 OF PERMISSION 02/06/1335 - LIGHTING SCHEME

    LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS

    Received 27 Apr 2007
  5. Application Approved12/04/0123

    ERECTION OF 2.4 M HIGH SECURIFOR 3D SECURITY FENCING TO THE SCHOOL SITE

    ELM STREET NURSERY SCHOOL NEW HALL STREET BURNLEY

    Received 29 Jan 2004
  6. Decision Issued08/08/0832

    SCOPING OPINION FOR AN EXTENSION TO WASTE TRANSFER STATION

    TOLLGATE CRESCENT BURSCOUGH

    Received 25 Jul 2008
  7. Application Granted09/10/1111

    INSTALLATION FOR 2.4M HIGH SECURITY FENCING TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE SCHOOL

    MANOR ROAD PRIMARY MANOR ROAD CLAYTON LE WOODS

    Received 16 Dec 2010
  8. Application Approved05/09/0437/2

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITION 12 OF PERMISSION 05/09/0437 WHEEL WASH

    REAM HILLS FARM MYTHOP ROAD WEETON

    Received 5 May 2010
  9. Application Granted01/86/0760

    Extension to Mineral Workings

    Leapers Wood Quarry, Carnforth

    Received 15 Aug 1986
  10. Application Granted14/09/0437

    CREATION OF A SMALL GARDENING AREA CONSISTING OF FENCING RAISED BEDS SMALL POLYTUNNEL AND SEATING AREA FOR OUT DOOR LEARNING

    EDENFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL MARKET STREET EDENFIELD

    Received 20 Aug 2009
  11. Application Granted11/13/0050

    CHANGE OF USE TO VEHICLE DEPOLLUTION/RECYCLING OPERATION INCLUDING ERECTION OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND PROVISION OF ONE OFFICE CABIN AND THREE STORAGE CONTAINERS

    YARD (FORMERLY UK SAFE STORAGE), HEYS LANE, GREAT HARWOOD

    Received 20 Nov 2012
  12. Application Approved5/4/129

    REMOVAL OF QUARRY WASTE

    SHALE QUARRY WITHNELL BRICKWORKS

    Received 16 Dec 1955
  13. Application Granted08/08/0998

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 6 OF PERMISSION 08/07/0383 TO ALLOW THE IMPORTATION OF SAND

    SIMONSWOOD MOSS NORTH PERIMETER ROAD KIRKBY

    Received 12 Sept 2008
  14. Application Approved07/03/0031

    SINGLE AND TWO STOREY EXTENSIONS TO CLASSROOMS AND ANCILLARY USES ERECTION OF 2.4M HIGH BLACK VERTICAL BAR SECURITY FENCING AND GATES TO GARAGE AREA EXTENSION TO PLAYGROUND FORMATION OF TEMPORARY ACCESS POINT ROAD AND CONTRACTORS COMPOUND

    BALSHAWS C OF E HIGH SCHOOL CHURCH ROAD LEYLAND

    Received 17 Jan 2003
  15. Application Approved14/00/0263/1

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITION 14 OF PERMISSION 14/00/0263 SAFE GUARDING OF WATER COURSES AND DRAINAGE

    LANDGATE AND MOSS QUARRIES WHITWORTH

    Received 8 May 2003
  16. Application Granted11/10/0243

    RETROSPECTIVE EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN/CYCLEPATH

    PUBLIC OPEN SPACE SOUTH OF RAILWAY TERRACE AND HAMLEDON VIEW GREAT HARWOOD

    Received 26 May 2010
  17. Decision IssuedSCR/2019/0001

    SCREENING OPINION REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF USE OF SITE FROM AN INERT RECYCLING CENTRE INCLUDING PROCESSING AREA AND ACCESS/HAUL ROADS TO A 20MW ENERGY FROM WASTE PLANT

    UNIT 2 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD, KIRKBY

    Received 21 Mar 2019
  18. Application Granted01/09/0199

    ERECTION OF VEHICLE/MATERIAL STORAGE FACILITY TO REPLACE THREE EXISTING BUILDINGS

    LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL HIGHWAYS DEPOT BACK HORNBY ROAD CATON

    Received 26 Feb 2009
  19. Application ApprovedLCC/2022/0065/1

    Compliance with condition 8 of planning application LCC/2022/0065 - Highways

    Stanley Villa Farm, Back Lane, Weeton with Preese

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  20. Application Granted09/10/0965

    ERECTION OF CANOPY TO NURSERY YARD

    CLAYTON BROOK PRIMARY GREAT GREENS LANE CHORLEY

    Received 29 Oct 2010
  21. Application Ongoing01/02/0957

    PROVISION OF NEW LIBRARY, FOUNDATION STAGE AND OFFICES

    LECK ST PETER'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL CARNFORTH

    Received 14 Aug 2002
  22. Decision IssuedSCP/2024/0002

    Scoping request for proposed mineral extraction and restoration (ROMP application)

    Pimbo Bushes Quarry, South East of Up Holland, Skelmersdale

    Received 29 Oct 2024
  23. Application Approved05/02/0579

    TEMPORARY ACCESS OFF HIGHWAY WITH ASSOCIATED FENCING AND GATE

    OFF GARSTANG ROAD (NORTH ACCESS) A586 POULTON-LE-FYLDE

    Received 6 Jun 2002
  24. Decision IssuedSCR/2023/0006

    Screening Opinion for proposed land reprofiling / landscape and drainage engineering of the golf course

    Lytham Green Drive Golf Club

    Received 28 Apr 2023

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What these statistics cover

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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