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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CASTERCLIFFE PRIMARY MARSDEN HALL ROAD NELSON
Received 7 Jun 2010LARKHOLME PRIMARY SCHOOL, WINDERMERE AVENUE, FLEETWOOD
Received 16 Dec 2016FORMER NORWEB POWER STATION BACUP ROAD NEWCHURCH
Received 1 Nov 2004LAND BETWEEN HALSALL WWTW, HASKAYNE WWTW AND HILLHOUSE WWTW
Received 28 Mar 2019WALTON LE DALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WINERY LANE, WALTON LE DALE
Received 30 Mar 2011JAMESON ROAD - NORTH AREA - CEGB LAGOONS
Received 3 Apr 2002SELBORNE STREET PRESTON
Received 6 Jan 2011BURNLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF BARDEN LANE WOODEND BURNLEY
Received 26 Apr 2021WESTGATE C.P. SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, WESTGATE, MORECAMBE
Received 31 Oct 2007LAND TO THE REAR OF BRAETOP HOUSE WHITEHILLS ROAD WESTBY
Received 7 May 2002ELLEL ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAPEL STREET GALGATE
Received 12 Sept 2003NANS NOOK FARM, BAY HORSE LANE, ELLEL, LANCASTER
Received 9 Jun 2015SCALE HALL PUMPING STATION, SALT AYRE LANE,SCALE HALL, LANCASTER
Received 3 Jan 2012HALTON EAST WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, DENNYBECK LANE, HALTON
Received 15 Nov 2016HENTHORN LANDFILL SITE HENTHORN ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 28 Jul 2008LAND OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD OPPOSITE FURTHER LANE MELLOR
Received 23 Aug 2002BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, GREENBERFIELD LANE, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 26 Sept 2022BARDEN HIGH SCHOOL HEALD ROAD BURNLEY
Received 20 Feb 2007EXISTING COASTAL PATH/GREENWAY BETWEEN GLASSON DOCK AND ALDCLIFFE
Received 17 Jun 2005MOSS ROSE PIGGERIES DICKIES LANE SOUTH MARTON BLACKPOOL
Received 6 Aug 2002Lancaster Wastewater Treatment Works, Stodday Lane, Lancaster, LA2 0AG
Received 30 Jun 2026CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS COMMON BANK LANE EUXTON CHORLEY
Received 29 Nov 2002ALDER LANE PUMPING STATION
Received 5 Mar 2004LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OLD ALDCLIFFE LANE STODDAY LANCASTER
Received 28 Aug 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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