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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WITHNELL QUARRY BOLTON ROAD ABBEY VILLAGE NR CHORLEY
Received 12 Sept 1989Lancaster Wastewater Treatment Works, Walnut Bank Lane, Stodday, Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, Lancaster, LA2 0AG
Received 26 Mar 2026BURCOUGH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS NEW LANE BURSCOUGH
Received 13 Jun 2007GARSTANG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GARSTANG ROAD GARSTANG
Received 28 May 2003LAND OFF LEES LANE, DALTON
Received 16 Apr 1973BIRKACRE, CHORLEY
Received 9 Jan 1951PADIHAM GREEN C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, ST ANNES STREET, PADIHAM
Received 22 Dec 2016BURNS FARM EIDSFORTH LANE BARNACRE
Received 21 Feb 2003SIMONSWOOD MOSS WORKS NORTH PERIMETER ROAD KIRKBY
Received 16 Dec 1996PARK CHILDRENS CENTRE, BARNES ROAD, SKELMERSDALE
Received 28 Aug 2012SANDYLANDS COUNTY PRIMARY NURSERY UNIT BALMORAL AVENUE MORECAMBE
Received 5 Sept 2003CLAYTON BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL GREAT GREENS LANE CLAYTON BROOK PRESTON
Received 26 Jun 2003FORMER WELCH WHITTLE QUARRY TOWN LANE CHARNOCK RICHARD
Received 1 Jul 1975CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS, HORNBY ROAD, CLAUGHTON
Received 21 Sept 2020BRADLEY NURSERY SCHOOL BRADLEY ROAD EAST NELSON
Received 30 Oct 2009WEETON PRIMARY SCHOOL, GRANTHAM ROAD, WEETON, PRESTON
Received 10 May 2016HM Prison Kirkham, Freckleton Road, Kirkham, Preston, PR4 2RN
Received 28 Mar 2007PENDLE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCESS AVENUE CLITHEROE
Received 24 Jun 2008SITA UK LTD WHINNEY HILL ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 12 Jul 2013ST MARYS RC PRIMARY WHALLEY ROAD LANGHO
Received 3 Nov 2009BURNLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WOODEND OFF BARDEN LANE BURNLEY
Received 13 Feb 2007WENNINGTON HALL SCHOOL LODGE LANE WENNINGTON LANCASTER
Received 30 Jul 2008LYDD GROVE PUMPING STATION COPPER WORK WOODS CHORLEY
Received 28 May 2003TEMPLE STREET RESOURCE CENTRE TEMPLE STREET BURNLEY
Received 7 May 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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