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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MOOR PARK HIGH SCHOOL MOOR PARK AVENUE PRESTON
Received 14 Jun 2011ASHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL AINSDALE DRIVE PRESTON
Received 7 Aug 2006HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY SITE ACCRINGTON ROAD BURNLEY
Received 8 Apr 2002UNIT 26 HEYSHAM BUSINESS PARK, MIDDLETON, MORECAMBE.
Received 5 Sept 2013BELTHORN PRIMARY SCHOOL BELTHORN ROAD BELTHORN
Received 6 Jan 2003MOOR PARK BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE SCHOOL, MOOR PARK AVENUE, PRESTON
Received 17 Jul 2009THURTELL COTTAGES CATON
Received 10 Feb 2003PARK ROAD PADIHAM
Received 9 Jan 2006M55 TO HEYHOUSES LINK LYTHAM MOSS LYTHAM T ANNES LANCASHIRE (LYTHAM MOSS)
Received 25 Nov 2021HUNCOAT PRIMARY SCHOOL, LYNWOOD ROAD, ACCRINGTON
Received 17 Jul 2012LYTHAM ST ANNES TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE, WORSLEY ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 15 Oct 2019LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BOOTH ROAD WATERFOOT
Received 19 Sept 2011ST MICHAELS C OF E PRIMARY PRESTON ROAD GRIMSARGH PRESTON
Received 7 Apr 2008MEADOWFIELD RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME MEADOWFIELD FULWOOD
Received 24 Feb 2006PARK ROAD PADIHAM
Received 10 Oct 1989GARSTANG COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL OAK ROAD GARSTANG
Received 23 May 2007AINSDALE HOUSE AINSDALE DRIVE ASHTON ON RIBBLE PRESTON
Received 18 May 2009THE COPPICE SCHOOL ASH GROVE BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 26 May 2009HILLSIDE SCHOOL, RIBCHESTER ROAD, HOTHERSALL.
Received 3 Dec 2013WHINNEY HILL ACCRINGTON
Received 3 Oct 2005OLD STONE YARD, CHURCH, ACCRINGTON
Received 9 Feb 2016MOORSIDE CP SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 26 Jan 2015LAND OFF WARTON ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 13 Jan 2016CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL CRAG ROAD LANCASTER
Received 16 Jan 2006Records 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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