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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 23 Dec 1996BROUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL, WOODPLUMPTON LANE, PRESTON
Received 8 Mar 2018TOWER HOUSE STOPGATE LANE SIMONSWOOD
Received 2 Nov 2020CAR PARK AT JUNCTION OF ST MARY'S WAY AND BANK STREET RAWTENSTALL
Received 5 Mar 2015Land between Fallbarn Crescent and Hardman Avenue, Rawtenstall
Received 20 Dec 2024WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 14 Aug 2019LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK FARINGTON LEYLAND
Received 8 May 2007BURNLEY CAMPUS, BARDEN LANE, BURNLEY
Received 23 Apr 2014VIRIDOR WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD, GERRARD PLACE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 4 Mar 2022HORROCKSBANK FARM HORROCKSFORD CLITHEROE
Received 1 Sept 2004LYTHAM HALL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTH PARK, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 1 Aug 2013BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE BANKS ENCLOSED MARSH BONNY BARN ROAD HUNDRED END
Received 26 Jan 2011LAND ON THE EMBANKMENT OF THE A59 ROUNDABOUT OFF LONGSIGHT ROAD BILLINGTON AND LANGHO
Received 18 Nov 2019LIDUN PARK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BOUNDARY ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES.
Received 1 Feb 2016ST JOHN C OF E PRIMARY HIGHAM HALL ROAD HIGHAM BURNLEY
Received 27 Oct 2010BLEASDALE C E PRIMARY SCHOOL BLEASDALE
Received 3 Sept 2004LANE BOTTOM TREATMENT WORKS, LANE BOTTOM, WALVERDEN ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 9 Oct 2013GARSTANG ROAD POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 7 Jan 1959INTACK QUARRY AIGHTON
Received 6 Oct 1958EAST QUARRY APPLEY LANE NORTH APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 10 Apr 1984ADJACENT TO HODGSON HIGH MOORLAND ROAD LITTLE POULTON
Received 6 Jun 2008LAND ADJACENT TO EXISTING WASTE WATER FACILITY ON FARMLAND OFF TOWNGATE, ECCLESTON, CHORLEY.
Received 8 Jan 2013WESTERN APRON OF PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET, PRESTON
Received 25 Aug 2016HILL QUARRY WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM
Received 4 Jun 2021Records 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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