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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
WESTGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 21 Jan 2014SIR TOM FINNEY HIGH SCHOOL, RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE, PRESTON
Received 11 Sept 2019LANDGATE AND MOSS QUARRIES WHITWORTH
Received 8 May 2003SURE START, EAVESDALE, TANHOUSE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 9 Jan 2015PRESTON ROAD GRIMSARGH
Received 3 Oct 2002MIDDLETON WASTE TECHNOLOGY PARK MIDDLETON HEYSHAM
Received 9 Sept 2008RICHARD DURNING ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL CHORLEY ROAD BISPHAM ORMSKIRK
Received 28 Jun 2011BARNOLDSWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, KELBROOK ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK.
Received 5 Feb 2014HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY SITE ACCRINGTON ROAD BURNLEY
Received 9 Feb 2004DEAN WOOD GOLF COURSE SPENCER LANE ORRELL
Received 28 Sept 2004LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS REMOTE TANKER TERMINAL STODDAY NEAR LANCASTER
Received 20 Aug 2003Mayfield Specil School Gloucester Road Chorley
Received 18 Dec 2001RAVENHEAD QUARRY, IBSTOCK BRICK, CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND.
Received 28 Nov 2018LAND BETWEEN A6 LANCASTER ROAD TO MOSS PLACE AND ADJACENT TO HALTON ROAD LANCASTER
Received 27 May 2010WALTON-LE-DALE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL SEVERN DRIVE WALTON-LE-DALE PRESTON
Received 1 Jul 2003SALT AYRE, SALT AYRE LANE, LANCASTER.
Received 24 Jan 2017LAND ADJACENT TO M6 JUNCTION 34 LANCASTER
Received 9 Aug 2007NEWCHURCH IN PENDLE ST MARYS C OF E PRIMARY SPENBROOK ROAD NEWCHURCH IN PENDLE
Received 28 Jan 2013RAILWAY QUARRY
Received 30 May 1949DEERPLAY LANDFILL SITE, BACUP ROAD, CLIVIGER
Received 29 Apr 2022SIR JOHN THURSBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 15 Jun 2007RYELANDS PRIMARY TORRISHOLME ROAD LANCASTER
Received 12 Jan 2007UNIT 3D/3E BOLTON AVENUE HUNCOAT ACCRINGTON
Received 5 Feb 2008ROUND O QUARRY
Received 23 Jan 2003Records 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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