Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SITE 13 CENTURION WAY LEYLAND
Received 10 Mar 2006WESTGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 19 Aug 2013DEAN WOOD GOLF COURSE SPENCER LANE ORRELL WIGAN
Received 13 Jul 2005RIVERSIDE ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 21 Sept 2010THE LOYNE SCHOOL SEFTON DRIVE LANCASTER
Received 19 May 2010SALTCOTES RECYCLING CENTRE SALTCOTES ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 22 Oct 2012MORECAMBE FIRE STATION CLARKE STREET MORECAMBE
Received 17 Jun 2003LAND OFF WEST CRESCENT BROUGHTON PRESTON
Received 24 Jul 2008ELLEL QUARRY, BAY HORSE ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 5 Jan 2021PARKER LANE WHITESTAKE PRESTON
Received 12 Apr 2006CLAYTON BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, GREAT GREENS LANE, BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 14 Apr 2015SANDHOLME MILL SANDHOLME LANE BARNACRE WITH BONDS
Received 4 May 2020PENDLE PUPIL REFERAL UNIT ADJACENT TO WALTON LANE NURSERY WALTON LANE NELSON
Received 18 Aug 2003FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 16 Jul 2014OSBALDESTON PUMPING STATION COMMONS LANE OSBALDESTON
Received 15 Oct 2004SHAKESPEARE PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANOR ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 21 Oct 2011LAND AT SIMONSWOOD MOSS NORTH PERIMETER ROAD KIRKBY
Received 8 Apr 2011UNIT C4B EUROPA WAY LUNE IND EST LANCASTER
Received 8 Jul 1997DALTON QUARRY/BRICKWORKS LEES LANE DALTON
Received 28 Oct 1966WALSHAW HIGH SCHOOL EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 19 Jul 2006Caton Wastewater Treatment Works
Received 28 Feb 2025RAVENHEAD QUARRY, IBSTOCK BRICK, CHEQUER LANE, UP HOLLAND
Received 12 Jan 2016ST JAMES C OF E SCHOOL, SLATER LANE, MOSS SIDE LEYLAND
Received 26 Jan 2015FORMER POULTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OFF OLD MAINS LANE, SKIPPOOL.
Received 14 Nov 2013Records 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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