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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PENDLE MAIN BASE LAND BETWEEN289 AND 415 BURNLEY ROAD
Received 9 Nov 2006CALDER VALE PARK SIMONSTONE LANE SIMONSTONE
Received 29 Dec 2011WATERBARN MILL NEWCHURCH ROAD STACKSTEADS BACUP
Received 9 Aug 2010BALMORAL CHILDRENS CENTRE, BALMORAL ROAD, HEYSHAM
Received 28 Jul 2010Lever House County Primary School, Bristol Avenue, Farington, PR25 4YR
Received 24 Feb 2025ELLEL QUARRY GALGATE LANCASTER
Received 1 Jul 1980ST STEPHENS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTH MEADOW LANE, PRESTON
Received 22 Nov 2013Preston New Road Exploration Site, Off Preston New Road, Little Plumpton
Received 30 Jun 2025ELM TREE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, ELMERS WOOD ROAD, SKELMERSDALE
Received 19 Mar 2015PARK COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL RUTLAND STREET COLNE
Received 29 Jan 2003ST BARTHOLOMEWS COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL STREET WHITWORTH
Received 24 May 2007ST WULSTANS AND ST EDMUNDS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, POULTON ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 19 Nov 2012ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE ALDWYCH DRIVE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 29 Nov 2005Kirkland and Catterall St Helens Primary School The Green Churchtown
Received 22 Jan 200212 CROASDALE DRIVE CLITHEROE
Received 21 Nov 2008LYTHAM HALL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTH PARK, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 2 May 2012BROUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL WOODPLUMPTON LANE BROUGHTON
Received 28 Jan 2003SHAROE GREEN LIBRARY SHAROE GREEN LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 14 Jun 2007ST ANDREWS C E AND WOODLEA PRIMARY SCHOOLS WOODLEA ROAD LEYLAND
Received 6 Sept 2006BACUP NURSERY SCHOOL, COWTOOT LANE, BACUP
Received 10 Mar 2017ORMSKIRK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD ADJACENT BATH SPRINGS (OFF DERBY STREET), ORMSKIRK
Received 17 Apr 2002ST MARK C OF E PRIMARY SOUTHPORT ROAD SCARISBRICK ORMSKIRK
Received 29 Oct 2010HUTTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LIVERPOOL ROAD, HUTTON, PRESTON
Received 9 May 2013Park Hall Road, Heskin, Chorley
Received 12 Oct 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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