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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
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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.
LOWE FARM AND WILSON NOOK FARM, TOWN LANE, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 31 Jul 1968ROSEGROVE NURSERY HAVELOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 20 Sept 2006PART OF WYREFIELD FARM FLEETWOOD
Received 2 Jun 1982ST HILDA'S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL BISPHAM ROAD CARLETON POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 2 Feb 2006FORMER ROYAL ORDNANCE SITE EUXTON LANE CHORLEY
Received 17 May 2010LAND ADJACENT TO HOLMCREST AT THE JUNCTION OF SMALLWOOD HEY ROAD AND CARR LANE PILLING
Received 11 Dec 2007The Oswaldtwistle School, Union Road, Oswaldtwistle
Received 12 May 2023KELBROOK ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK.
Received 8 Oct 2012PARK AND RIDE JUNCTION OF LONDON WAY/VICTORIA ROAD WALTON-LE-DALE PRESTON
Received 19 Nov 2003CROSTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS RIVERSIDE CRESCENT CROSTON
Received 28 Apr 2011NEWBRIDGE FARM SIMONSWOOD
Received 22 Dec 1997HARRIS PRIMARY SCHOOL, WYCHNOR, FULWOOD,PRESTON
Received 5 Sept 2014LAND FORMING PART OF LANCASTER WEST BUSINESS PARK MIDDLETON HEYSHAM
Received 21 Oct 2008East of Langdales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Carnforth
Received 1 Jun 2005Chipping Wastewater Treatment Works, Longridge Road, Chipping, Preston
Received 2 Feb 2023HESKETH WITH BECCONSALL ALL SAINTS C OF E SCHOOL SHORE ROAD HESKETH BANK PRESTON
Received 14 Jun 2010APPLETREE CHILDRENS CENTRE, MILKING STILE LANE, LANCASTER
Received 10 Jan 2012VERGE TO THE NORTH OF RAWCLIFFE ROAD TO THE NORTH EAST OF HORNBY COTTAGE
Received 5 Oct 2015THE STABLES YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE 73 BRECK ROAD POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 27 Sept 2005BARTON ST LAWRENCE CE SCHOOL, JEPPS AVENUE, BARTON, PRESTON
Received 17 Apr 2018RINGWAY PUPIL REFERRAL UNIT RINGWAY THORNTON
Received 17 Dec 2002LARKHOLME CP SCHOOL, WINDERMERE AVENUE, FLEETWOOD
Received 18 Oct 2011PENDLE VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL, GIBFIELD ROAD, COLNE
Received 16 Mar 2015Dalton Quarry, Lees Lane, Dalton
Received 13 Jan 2023Records 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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