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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
LAND BETWEEN SHARPLES LANE AND A586 (TARNACRE LANE) ST MICHAELS ON WYRE GARSTANG
Received 22 Sept 2010Castercliffe County Primary School Marsden Hall Road North Nelson
Received 4 Oct 2001BARTON ST LAWRENCE CE SCHOOL, JEPPS AVENUE, BARTON, PRESTON
Received 12 Jul 2018Woodlands Resources Centre 155 St Andrews Road South St Annes
Received 12 Dec 2001ROMAN WAY FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 11 Jun 2012117-118 CLYDESDALE PLACE, MOSS SIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEYLAND
Received 29 Sept 2015CROSSE HALL MILL CROSSE HALL STREET CHORLEY
Received 15 Feb 2006COWFIELD FARM TRAWDEN COLNE
Received 25 Sept 2003RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS ORMSKIRK ROAD UPHOLLAND
Received 11 Apr 1949BROUGHTON, PRESTON
Received 26 Jun 2015SALTCOTES ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 29 Dec 2009SOUTHLANDS HIGH CLOVER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 29 Oct 201073 SYLNE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 7 May 2002ST MARYS PRIMARY SCHOOL, CONISTON ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 22 Jun 2011LAND OFF GALES LANE MAWDESLEY CHORLEY
Received 22 Feb 2012GALE MOSS, CHORLEY
Received 22 Sept 2020CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS
Received 6 Oct 1997BALSHAW C OF E HIGH SCHOOL LEYLAND
Received 1 Jul 2003Clear Water Fisheries, Kellet Lane, Over Kellet
Received 2 Feb 2024DALLAS ROAD PRIMARY HIGH STREET LANCASTER
Received 19 May 2005REEDLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, REEDLEY ROAD, BURNLEY.
Received 16 Jan 2013BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS GREENBERFIELD LANE BARNOLDSWICK
Received 30 May 2003Land to the south of Preston New Road, Beardwood, Blackburn, BB2 7FH (nearest postcode).
Received 10 Sept 2026LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 13 Jul 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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