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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LEVANT MILL DOBSON STREET PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 25 Jan 2005STRAND ROAD GARDENS STRAND ROAD PRESTON
Received 12 Oct 2009CLOVER ROAD/BUTTERWORTH BROW CHORLEY
Received 11 Jul 2003POULTON-LE-SANDS CE SCHOOL CHURCH STREET MORECAMBE
Received 31 May 2002COURTAULD'S SEWER MELLINGS WOOD PRESTON
Received 20 Jul 2007LAND BETWEEN SHARPLES LANE AND A586 (TARNACRE LANE) ST MICHAELS ON WYRE GARSTANG
Received 13 Oct 2009Whitemoss Landfill Site, White Moss Road South, Skelmersdale, WN8 9TH
Received 20 Jun 2024RAWTENSTALL PUBLIC LIBRARY, HASLINGDEN ROAD, RAWTENSTALL
Received 3 Mar 2015PARK HALL ROAD, HESKIN, CHORLEY
Received 29 Jul 2022WOODNOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL HUDSON STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 1 Apr 2008WHITEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL NORFOLK STREET NELSON
Received 26 Mar 2010BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, GREENBERFIELD LANE, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 18 Oct 2022BALMORAL CHILDRENS CENTRE WEST END PRIMARY SCHOOL CHATWORTH ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 28 Jul 2010HEWLETT AVENUE CHORLEY
Received 18 Feb 2004TONG FARM, TONG LANE, BACUP
Received 9 Mar 2016CLAYTON-LE-WOODS PRIMARY SCHOOL MANOR ROAD CLAYTON-LE-WOODS CHORLEY
Received 12 Jul 2002Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 3 Jun 2025Low Moor Mill Footbridge
Received 16 Aug 2007EASDEN CLOUGH MORSE STREET BURNLEY
Received 21 May 2021The Laurels at Charnock, Preston Road, Charnock Richard
Received 1 Feb 2023CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS
Received 10 Jun 2016MOOR HEY SCHOOL FAR CROFT LOSTOCK HALL
Received 24 Jun 2014BALDERSTONE LANE HEASANDFORD BURNLEY
Received 1 Feb 2010WARTON WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION LYTHAM ROAD WARTON
Received 9 Nov 2010Records 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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