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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SURE START RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE PRESTON
Received 28 Jul 2010LATHOM PARK PRIMARY HALL LANE ORMSKIRK
Received 8 Mar 2010ASMALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, TENNYSON DRIVE, ORMSKIRK
Received 11 Nov 2015LARKHOLME CP SCHOOL, WINDERMERE AVENUE, FLEETWOOD
Received 27 Feb 2013PARK HIGH SCHOOL VENABLES AVENUE COLNE
Received 21 Apr 2006LANCASHIRE COUNTY RECORDS OFFICE BOW LANE PRESTON
Received 1 Apr 2008WHITEMOSS ROAD LANDFILL SITE WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 10 Dec 2004STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN LOYNE SCHOOL BOUNDARY FENCE AND 31 SEFTON DRIVE
Received 23 Jan 2012ST HILDA'S RC HIGH SCHOOL COAL CLOUGH LANE BURNLEY
Received 19 Jul 2006LAND AT LUNE STREET, LANCASTER
Received 5 Apr 2011LOSTOCK HALL HIGH SCHOOL TODD LANE NORTH LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 18 Dec 2009RABY'S FARM, BILSBORROW LANE, BILSBORROW,PRESTON
Received 9 Feb 2007HABERGHAM HIGH SCHOOL KIDDROW LANE BURNLEY
Received 19 Jul 2006WHITEFIELD NURSERY UNIT HOWARD STREET NELSON
Received 26 Jan 2006GREAT MARSDEN ST JOHN C E PRIMARY SCHOOL TRENT ROAD NELSON
Received 30 Aug 2006HOLLAND MOOR SCHOOL CORNBROOK SKELMERSDALE
Received 12 Sept 2005ST MARY'S RC HIGH SCHOOL STATION ROAD BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 31 May 2002DALTON ST MICHAELS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHER LANE DALTON
Received 18 Jan 2002RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 25 Jan 1950EARBY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OLD LANE, EARBY
Received 23 Oct 2018MORECAMBE BAY COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL STATION ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 22 Jul 2011TRINITY ST MICHAELS PRIMARY OUT LANE CROSTON
Received 26 Oct 2009WENNINGTON HALL SCHOOL WENNINGTON LANCASTER
Received 12 Sept 2006WALTON-LE-DALE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL SEVERN DRIVE WALTON-LE-DALE
Received 17 Mar 2004Records 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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