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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 14 May 2021HEYHOUSES ENDOWED C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLARENDON ROAD NORTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 2 May 2012ENFORCEMENT APPEAL - Land at Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, Nr Blackburn
Received 7 Nov 2022SANDYLANDS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL NURSERY BALMORAL ROAD SANDYLANDS MORECAMBE
Received 16 Apr 2007CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL, KELLET ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 1 Mar 2011PENDLE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCESS AVENUE CLITHEROE
Received 22 Apr 2004HENTHORNE LANDFILL SITE HENTHORNE ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 20 Jul 2007CUERDEN MILL DEPOT HOLME ROAD BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 4 Oct 2004VIRIDOR WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD, GERRARD PLACE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 4 Mar 2022TURNING LANE WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION TURNING LANE BROWN EDGE
Received 1 Mar 2006UNIT 11 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD
Received 3 Oct 2016ACCESS TO MELLING SEPTIC TANK LAND ADJACENT TO YEW TREE COTTAGE MELLING
Received 29 May 2003RISHTON COPPER HOUSE 7 STATION ROAD RISHTON
Received 23 Jan 2007CASTERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL THAMES AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 22 Apr 2004PRESTON TO BLACKPOOL RAILWAY ALDON ROAD POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 13 Aug 2007SITE G10 REDSCAR BUSINESS PARK LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 9 Feb 2004Hillhouse Industrial Estate, Land off East Road, Thornton Cleveleys
Received 14 Feb 2023OLIVE HOUSE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME NEW LINE BACUP
Received 9 Jan 2004WADDINGTON FELL QUARRIES, WADDINGTON.
Received 13 Mar 1998BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD POULTON
Received 21 Nov 2002NEWCHURCH IN PENDLE ST MARYS C OF E SCHOOL, SPENBROOK ROAD, BARLEY
Received 11 Feb 2016ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL, HARRINGTON ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 11 Dec 2017BARNOLDSWICK TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB, WEST CLOSE ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 15 Oct 2019BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY, PRESTON
Received 12 Apr 2018Records 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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