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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FIELD OFF OXCLIFFE ROAD WHITE LUND
Received 30 Jan 2008D13 AND D14 REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 11 May 2017INGOL HWRC, TOM BENSON WAY, PRESTON
Received 14 Dec 2012BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE CHAPEL HOUSE SKELMERSDALE
Received 14 May 2004Land off Greens Lane, Downholland, Lydiate, L39 7HT
Received 9 Dec 2024ROSSENDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS IRWELL VALE ROAD HASLINGDEN
Received 28 Sept 2015HEASANDFORD PRIMARY WILLIAMS ROAD BURNLEY
Received 5 Apr 2012WEST QUARRY APPLEY LANE NORTH
Received 4 Feb 1975TARNBRICK FARM
Received 27 Jun 2006WHINNEY HILL QUARRY WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM
Received 15 Apr 2002LEA PRIMARY SCHOOL GREAVESTOWN LANE LEA PRESTON
Received 17 Nov 2009NEW ROSE SCHOOL SITE OF FORMER MYRTLE BANK NURSERY SCHOOL GREENOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 13 Oct 2008LARKHOLME LODGE LARKHOLME AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 30 Sept 2010TOR VIEW SCHOOL
Received 6 Jan 2004BROADFIELD HOUSE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME BROADFIELD DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 8 Jul 2005LARKHOLME LODGE LARKHOLME AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 9 Sept 2009CHADWICK HIGH SCHOOL, MAINWAY, LANCASTER
Received 17 Nov 2017LAND ADJACENT TO WAGON AND HORSES PUBLIC HOUSE ADLINGTON
Received 1 Mar 2005WALTON HIGH SCHOOL OXFORD ROAD PENDLE
Received 23 Apr 2008ELLEL QUARRY, BAY HORSE ROAD, HAMPSON GREEN, LANCASTER
Received 23 Apr 2018WALVERDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL BRACEWELL STREET NELSON
Received 11 Feb 2005Preston Western Distributor, East West Link Road and Cottam Link Road
Received 21 Aug 2024UNIT 5 FALCON PLACE BURSCOUGH
Received 21 Dec 2009VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE HEYSHAM TO M6 LINK SCHEME LANCASTER (HEYSHAM M6 LINK)
Received 25 Mar 2009Records 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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