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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Westby Landfill Site, Annas Road, Westby with Plumptons
Received 17 Jun 2024GUILD HOUSE CROSS STREET PRESTON
Received 15 Jun 2005WASTE INCINERATION LIMITED TOWN LANE CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 26 Feb 2009Land at Hillhouse Business Park, Bourne Road, Thornton- Cleveleys
Received 27 Jan 2023BICKERSTAFF WWTW OFF LIVERPOOL ROAD BICKERSTAFF
Received 7 Mar 2003THE LOYNE SPECIALIST SCHOOL, SEFTON DRIVE, LANCASTER
Received 7 Feb 2020ST PAULS PRIMARY SCHOOL HIBSON LANE NELSON
Received 4 May 2012BROOKSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRIGHT STREET, CLITHEROE
Received 2 Oct 2014KIRKLAND AND CATTERALL ST HELENS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL THE GREEN CHURCHTOWN PRESTON
Received 23 Jun 2003High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received Not publishedST LAURENCE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGHFIELD ROAD SOUTH, CHORLEY
Received 28 Sept 2017ST ANDREWS CE PRIMARY AND WOODLEA COUNTY PRIMARY WOODLEA ROAD LEYLAND
Received 1 Nov 2006AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF PLUMPTON HALL FARM TO WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, PRESTON
Received 10 Feb 2022CATLOW QUARRY, SOUTHFIELD LANE, NELSON
Received 18 Aug 2014FARINGTON MOSS FARINGTON LEYLAND
Received 10 Oct 1983Lancaster Waste Water Treatment Works, Old Aldcliffe Road, Stodday, LA2 0AC
Received 10 Jun 2026LEYLAND GOLDEN HILL PUPIL REFERAL UNIT FORSHAW DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 23 Oct 2006LCC HIGHWAYS DEPOT, GRANGE ROAD, OFF FLEETWOOD ROAD, SINGLETON
Received 11 Jun 2014WEST QUARRY AND PARBOLD QUARRY, APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 25 Sept 1996BLACKS SCOOTERS UNIT 20 GUYS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TOLGATE ROAD BURSCOUGH
Received 10 Feb 2005CLIFTON MARSH WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, FRECKLETON
Received 13 Oct 2021Pilling Waste Water Treatment Work, off Tayors Lane, Pilling
Received 31 Oct 2002GRASS VERGE ADJACENT TO BOUNDARY WALL OUTSIDE WARD HOUSE CHAPEL LANE ELLEL
Received 6 Dec 2006HYNDBURN PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL PARK ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 3 Jul 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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