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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
29 WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND
Received 10 Jan 2012PENWORTHAM BYPASS
Received 18 Feb 2014JUNCTION OF ST MICHAELS ROAD AND A6 GARSTANG ROAD BILSBORROW PRESTON
Received 29 Oct 2010CULZEAN W2E LTD, TOWER HOUSE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, SIMONSWOOD
Received 16 Dec 2021SOWER CARR LANE STALMINE NORTH OF HAMBLETON
Received 12 Nov 2007UNITY COLLEGE TOWNELEY HOLMES ROAD BURNLEY
Received 11 May 2011GARSTANG HOUSE FARM CHAPEL LANE HEAPEY
Received 10 Jun 2020THE LARCHES HOUSE SCHOOL, MOOR PARK, BLACKPOOL ROAD, PRESTON
Received 28 Jan 2020BROADWAY PRIMARY BROADWAY HASLINGDEN
Received 23 Feb 2012SCORTON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, SNOWHILL LANE, SCORTON, NETHER WYRESDALE
Received 3 Jul 2019CASTERCLIFFE PRIMARY MARSDEN HALL ROAD NORTH NELSON
Received 23 Feb 2011COATES LANE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL KIRKSTALL DRIVE BARNOLDSWICK
Received 29 Jul 2003WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS DEANS LANE LATHOM ORMSKIRK
Received 5 Sept 2003PADIHAM COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 13 Feb 2009ST BEDE'S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL TALBOT ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 11 Feb 2005DUKE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL DUKE STREET CHORLEY
Received 3 Feb 2003Cuerden Strategic Site, East of Stanifield Lane, North of Clayton Farm, West of Wigan Road, Lostock Hall
Received 5 Aug 2022LANCASTER ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANCASTER ROAD, MORECAMBE.
Received 25 Jan 2013ICI Pumping Station Field No.4558 Back Lane Preesall.
Received 31 Oct 2000LUNE VALLEY CYCLE PATH CATON LANCASTER
Received 6 Apr 2009BRECK PRIMARY, FOULDREY AVENUE, POULTON LE FYLDE.
Received 15 Oct 2013COTESTONES LANDFILL SITE, WARTON, LANCASTER
Received 20 Jun 1983CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE, DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS
Received 16 Jul 2015ALTHAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS BURNLEY ROAD ALTHAM
Received 5 Oct 1989Records 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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