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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 22 Jan 2019ROUGHLEE SCHOOL, BLACKO BAR ROAD, ROUGHLEE
Received 20 Apr 2022East Quarry, Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge, WN6 9AE
Received 12 Aug 2026Land at Lea Lane, Cottam and Bartle and to the West and North of the existing built up area of Preston
Received 26 May 2023LIMEBREST FARM SCHOOL ROAD
Received 28 Aug 1959ARKHOLME C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAIN STREET, ARKHOLME
Received 18 Dec 2014ABBEY LANE BURSCOUGH
Received 8 Dec 1987SOUTH WEST CORNER OF FIELD NO 132
Received 13 Mar 1960ELMS SCHOOL MOOR PARK PRESTON
Received 1 Dec 2006RHYDDINGS BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE HAWORTH STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 4 Mar 2021LANCASHIRE COLLEGE SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 24 Feb 2003MOORSIDE CP SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 13 Feb 2015Edge End High School Hibson RoadNelson
Received 4 Oct 2001Hapton Valley Transfer Station, Accrington Road, Hapton, Burnley, BB11 5GQ
Received 14 May 2024East of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 11 May 1998The Oswaldtwistle School, Union Road, Oswaldtwistle
Received 14 Mar 2023LEE ROYD NURSERY SCHOOL ROYDS STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 11 Jul 2008LOSTOCK HALL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, LINDEN DRIVE, LOSTOCK HALL, PRESTON
Received 30 Mar 2007GREENOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 6 Dec 2005CHAUCER PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAUCER ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 31 Oct 2011Tong Farm Bacup
Received 24 Aug 1998Ribblesdale Cement Works, West Bradford Road, Clitheroe
Received 7 Jun 2023Rossendale WWTW, Irwell Vale Road, Rossendale, BB4 6LF
Received 16 Mar 2007UNIT 23 COMMONBANK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ACKHURST ROAD CHORLEY
Received 6 Dec 2007Records 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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