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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
PADIHAM WHITEGATE NURSERY SCHOOL VICTORIA ROAD PADIHAM
Received 14 Feb 2005LCC MAINTENANCE UNIT AND JOINERS WORKSHOP, SAVOY STREET, LCC COUNTY HALL COMPLEX, PRESTON.
Received 3 Jul 2013TONG FARM
Received 4 Apr 2002MERE BROW WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, MERE BROW LANE, TARLETON
Received 6 Apr 2022ST MARYS RC PRIMARY SCHOOL TONG LANE BACUP
Received 9 Nov 2009FRIDAY STREET CHORLEY
Received 14 Jul 2003LAND AT SCHOOL LANE KIRKHAM
Received 25 Nov 2010DUNGEON FARM SKIP LANE HUTTON PRESTON
Received 8 May 2009WADDINGTON FELL WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF TWITTER LANE WADDINGTON
Received 20 Oct 2006RISHTON NORDEN HIGH SCHOOL STOURTON STREET RISHTON
Received 14 Mar 2005UNIT 1, STATION YARD FACTORY, STATION ROAD, RUFFORD.
Received 17 Feb 2015JAMESTONE QUARRY - WHOLE SITE
Received 30 Aug 2000CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 16 Sept 1996CARNFORTH NORTH ROAD CP SCHOOL, NORTH ROAD, CARNFORTH
Received 5 Mar 2010RIVER RIBBLE NEAR RIBCHESTER BRIDGE
Received 27 Jul 1959Cottam County Primary School, Haydocks Lane, Preston, PR4 0NY
Received 26 Nov 2024COATES LANE PRIMARY KIRKSTALL DRIVE BARNOLDSWICK
Received 8 Nov 2010BANKFIELD QUARRY CLITHEROE
Received 29 May 2003East Quarry, Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge, WN6 9AE
Received 16 Oct 2024CARTERS CHARITY VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL PILLING LANE PREESALL
Received 13 Dec 2002LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH LANCASTER
Received 8 Aug 2006SKERTON FAMILY DAY CENTRE SEFTON DRIVE LANCASTER
Received 14 Jan 2005Stanley Villa Farm, Back Lane, Weeton, Preston, PR4 3HN
Received 16 Jun 2025BRADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL DOVER STREET NELSON
Received 16 Feb 2006Records 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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