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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 17 Jan 1951ROSEHILL COMMUNITY INFANT NURSERY AND JUNIOR SCHOOLS CRESWICK CLOSE BURNLEY
Received 16 Jul 2002LOSTOCK HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL LINDEN DRIVE PRESTON
Received 10 Aug 2009Cotestones Landfill Site Warton Carnforth
Received 8 Nov 2000MANOR ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL CLAYTON-LE-WOODS CHORLEY
Received 29 Dec 2005LAND OFF HARPERS LANE CHORLEY
Received 5 Mar 1996LAND WEST OF TOMLINSON ROAD, TOMLINSON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEYLAND
Received 17 Apr 2014MAINWAY, SKERTON, LANCASTER
Received 18 Oct 2011BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY, PRESTON
Received 1 Oct 2018BLEASDALE SCHOOL, EMESGATE LANE, SILVERDALE
Received 28 Feb 2018BLACKBURN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, SPRING LANE, SAMLESBURY.
Received 5 Apr 2013WITHNELL WASTE DISPOSAL SITE, BOLTON ROAD, ABBEY VILLAGE NEAR CHORLEY
Received 2 Apr 1984LAND SOUTH OF GRANGE ROAD, SINGLETON
Received 9 Jul 2013NETHER KELLET PRIMARY SCHOOL BRIDGE ROAD NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 16 Oct 2002Stoneyholme Nursery School, March Street, Burnley, BB12 0BU
Received 12 Jun 2026Darkinson Lane, Preston
Received 21 Dec 2023Brinscall Quarry
Received 10 Jan 2002PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL BARNES ROAD WHITBURN SKELMERSDALE
Received 21 Feb 2005BACK LANE QUARRY, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH.
Received 13 Mar 2014LAND TO THE SOUTH OF THE M65 AND WEST OF DUNKENHALGH WAY AND THE A679
Received 2 May 2019ST LEONARDS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHALLEY ROAD, BILLINGTON
Received 23 Aug 2017ST ANDREWS C OF E PRIMARY SPRINGFIELD STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 10 May 2012Lytham Green Drive Golf Club, Ballam Road, Lytham St Annes
Received 7 Mar 2024BORWICK LAKE, NR CARNFORTH
Received 20 Apr 2009Records 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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