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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
AVENHAM PARK OXFORD STREET AVENHAM PRESTON
Received 29 Feb 2012LONGRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BERRY LANE, LONGRIDGE
Received 7 Feb 2013CARR HILL HIGH SCHOOL ROYAL AVENUE KIRKHAM
Received 6 May 2004LAND AT WINMARA, LANCASTER NEW ROAD, CABUS
Received 16 Oct 2019Chorley Central Library, Union Street, Chorley, PR7 1EB
Received 19 Mar 2026Cottam CP School Haydocks lane Cottam Preston
Received 30 Nov 2001SINGLTON CE VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH ROAD SINGLETON
Received 9 Feb 2004NEWCHURCH ST NICHOLAS C OF E SCHOOL, DARK LANE, ROSSENDALE
Received 30 Jul 2012SITE BY MELLOR BROOK BY-PASS ROUNDABOUT MELLOR BROOK
Received 24 Jul 2002GREENBANK QUARRY LONGRIDGE
Received 29 Mar 2000BARROW CE PRIMARY SCHOOL, OLD ROW, WHALLEY ROAD, BARROW, WHALLEY
Received 23 Aug 2018RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 5 Sept 1983LAND BETWEEN COMMERCE STREET AND SOUTH SHORE STREET HASLINGDEN
Received 18 Nov 2019IGHTENHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, ALDER STREET, BURNLEY.
Received 26 Jun 2014Whittle Hill Quarry Chorley Old Rd Whittle-le-Woods.
Received 20 Sept 1999OVERTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS
Received 19 Jun 2002IVY BANK HIGH SCHOOL BYRON STREET BURNLEY
Received 3 Jan 2003TATHAM FELL C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, LOWGILL LANE, LOWGILL, LANCASTER.
Received 23 Apr 2014LANCASHIRE WASTE RECYCLING LTD, UNIT 8 BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, THORNTON
Received 3 Nov 2015STAGHILLS NURSERY SCHOOL TOP BARN LANE NEWCHURCH
Received 14 Dec 2005TARLETON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL HESKETH LANE TARLETON
Received 11 Oct 2002HEYSHAM HIGH SCHOOL, LIMES AVENUE, HEYSHAM.
Received 17 Dec 2013ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAPEL STREET GALGATE LANCASTER
Received 10 Sept 2004ST ANDREW C OF E INFANT SCHOOL WOODLEA LEYLAND
Received 14 Jan 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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