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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
UNIT 37 (FORMER POWER STATION) EUROPA WAY LUNE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LANCASTER
Received 24 Mar 2003LUNNAR CARAVANS LTD SHERDLEY ROAD LOSTOCK HALL PRESTON
Received 9 Nov 2009PLAYING FIELDS OFF LANGSHAW DRIVE CLITHEROE
Received 22 Jul 2002BRECK COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, FOULDREY AVENUE, POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 2 Mar 2011STATION ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 17 Jul 1996WATERBARN MILL NEWCHURCH ROAD STACKSTEADS BACUP
Received 9 May 2013WOODLANDS CENTRE SOUTHPORT ROAD CHORLEY
Received 16 Apr 2004WEST CRAVEN TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE, KELBROOK ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 15 May 2014MOSS SIDE FARM BURY LANE WITHNELL CHORLEY
Received 12 Jul 2002Foulridge WWTW Warehouse Lane Foulridge
Received 20 Dec 2001DUCKWORTH CLOUGH QUARRY HASLINGDEN
Received 9 Feb 1971ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL, HARRINGTON ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 8 Nov 2018MAYFIELD SPECIAL SCHOOL GLOUCESTER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 10 Jan 2011LAND ADJACENT 2 OXFORD STREET AVENHAM PRESTON
Received 5 Mar 2008WESTGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGRIDGE WAY, MORECAMBE
Received 18 Feb 2019GIBFIELD SCHOOL GIBFIELD ROAD COLNE
Received 10 Feb 2005ANSDELL PRIMARY LANSDOWNE ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 8 Oct 2009BELLMAN QUARRY CLITHEROE
Received 2 May 2001SANDYLANDS COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL HAMPTON ROAD HEYSHAM MORECAMBE
Received 17 Sept 2007Ravenhead Quarry, Chequer Lane, Up Holland, WN8 0DD
Received 24 Sept 2025HEYHOUSES ENDOWED C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLARENDON ROAD NORTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 10 Jan 2017REAM HILLS FARM MYTHOP ROAD WEETON
Received 17 Jun 2014ADJACENT TO HAWORTH ROAD CAR PARK WYCOLLAR COUNTRY PARK TRAWDEN COLNE
Received 3 Oct 2003OFF WEST CLOSE ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 10 Mar 1981Records 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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