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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LULWORTH ROAD KENNINGTON COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL PRESTON
Received 7 Jul 2004LYTHAM MOSS LYTHAM ST ANNES (M55 TO HEYHOUSES LINK)
Received 17 Dec 2018ROWLEY LANDFILL SITE - WHOLE SITE
Received 19 Sept 1997PRESTON TO BLACKPOOL RAILWAY ALDON ROAD POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 11 Feb 2008Land to the east of Graving Dock Road, Lytham
Received 10 Feb 2026WALTON HIGH SCHOOL OXFORD ROAD PENDLE
Received 21 Apr 2006LANCASHIRE WASTE RECYCLING, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 26 Sept 2017Hapton Valley Transfer Station, Hapton Valley Estate, Accrington Road, Burnley
Received 14 Jun 2023WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS DEANS LANE HOSCAR NEAR ORMSKIRK
Received 4 Jan 2012BACK LANE WEETON
Received 20 Oct 2004DEAN WOOD GOLF COURSE SPENCER LANE ORRELL WIGAN
Received 23 Jun 2006LANCASTER ROAD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 11 Jun 2015BROCKHOLES WOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRANT ROAD, PRESTON
Received 25 Apr 2013PRESTON WESTERN DISTRIBUTOR - FROM JUNCTION 2 ON M55 BETWEEN ROSEMARY LANE BRIDGE AND SANDY LANE BRIDGE TO JUNCTION WITH A583 / A5085 BLACKPOOL ROAD WITH A LINK ROAD TO CONNECT TO COTTAM WAY. COTTAM LINK ROAD - FROM PRESTON WESTERN DISTRIBUTOR NEAR EARLS FARM TO CONNECT TO COTTAM WAY ROUNDABOUT. EAST WEST LINK ROAD - FROM LIGHTFOOT LANE / TOM BENSON WAY TO CONFLUENCE OF LEA LANE AND SIDGREAVES LANE NEAR SADDLE INN THAT WILL CONNECT TO THE PRESTON WESTERN DISTRIBUTOR
Received 29 May 2019ST PETERS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL ST PETERS ROAD NEWCHURCH ROSSENDALE
Received 27 Feb 2009Colne Primet High School, Dent Street, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8JF
Received 11 Sept 2024CATON COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BROADACRE CATON LANCASTER
Received 3 Jan 2003ST JOSEPH'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL ALDRENS LANE LANCASTER
Received 28 Sept 2005CENTRAL AVENUE
Received 30 Mar 1982LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELD TOWNELEY HOLMES BURNLEY
Received 17 Jan 2011LONGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE LONGTON
Received 5 Nov 2007BACUP AND RAWTENSTALL GRAMMAR SCHOOL GLEN ROAD WATERFOOT ROSSENDALE
Received 4 Feb 2004EDGE END HIGH SCHOOL HIBSON ROAD NELSON
Received 7 Jan 2002ELLEL CRAG QUARRY, BAY HORSE ROAD,ELLEL, LANCASTER
Received 10 Jun 2019Records 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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