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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY
Received 24 Oct 2017WOODFIELD NURSERY SEFTON STREET BRIERFIELD NELSON
Received 26 Jul 2010BRIERCLIFFE PRIMARY SCHOOL DELAMERE ROAD BRIERCLIFFE
Received 25 Mar 2020AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF PLUMPTON HALL FARM TO WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, PRESTON
Received 3 May 2017LAND AT WITHIN GROVE HUNCOAT ACCRINGTON
Received 14 Mar 2008BOWGREAVE RISE, GARSTANG ROAD, BOWGREAVE, GARSTANG
Received 27 Oct 2022BOWGREAVE RISE, GARSTANG ROAD, BOWGREAVE, GARSTANG
Received 4 Dec 2020RYELAND PRIMARY SCHOOL TORRISHOLME ROAD LANCASTER
Received 2 Jun 2008ELLEL QUARRY BAY HORSE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 5 Jan 2021WORSTHORNE PRIMARY SCHOOL BROWNSIDE ROAD WORSTHORNE
Received 24 Sept 2002SIR JOHN THURSBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 6 Mar 2007Simonswood Industrial Park, Former Haulage Yard, Stopgate Lane, Simonswood, L33 4YA
Received 4 Nov 2024CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 24 Jan 1973PENWORTHAM GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, COP LANE, PENWORTHAM
Received 17 Dec 2014SEVEN STARS PRIMARY SCHOOL PEACOCK HALL ROAD LEYLAND
Received 25 Jun 2004MORECAMBE METALS NORTHGATE WHITE LUND ESTATE MORECAMBE
Received 1 Apr 2009RAKEHEAD HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE STACKSTEADS BACUP
Received 15 May 2002ST PAULS CONSTABLE LEE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL HOLLIN LANE RAWTENSTALL
Received 12 Jun 2007LITTLE HOOLE PRIMARY SCHOOL DOB LANE WALMER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 21 Apr 2005CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE (PHASE 3) LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 8 Feb 2001BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD POULTON
Received 24 May 2002Netherfield Road
Received 7 Apr 1998HARRIS PRIMARY SCHOOL WYCHNOR FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 9 Oct 2006Springbrook Farm Thropps Lane Longton Preston.
Received 29 Jun 1999Records 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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