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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
GREAT ARLEY SCHOOL, HOLLY ROAD, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 26 May 2021Colne Primet Academy, Dent Street, Colne
Received 22 Feb 2023Tarnbrick Farm, Blackpool Road, Kirkham
Received 30 Nov 2022WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 2 May 1984BURNLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WOOD END GREENWOOD LANE NEAR FENCE BURNLEY
Received 27 Sept 2004127 Mossy Lea Road, Wrightington, WN6 9RE
Received 14 Apr 2026LAND EAST OF GRANGE FARM CLIFTON MARSH FRECKLETON
Received 10 Jul 1979ST PETERS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL CARTMEL AVENUE ACCRINGTON
Received 3 Jul 2006Clear Water Fisheries, Kellet Lane, Over Kellet
Received 27 Sept 2023RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 28 Dec 2000INGOL COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHITBY AVENUE, PRESTON
Received 25 May 2016PLAYING FIELDS FOOTBRIDGE STACKSTEADS RECREATION GROUND STACKSTEADS BACUP
Received 9 Mar 2005LANESIDE FARM GRINDLETON CLITHEROE
Received 11 May 2004ENFORCEMENT APPEAL - Highcroft, Highfield Road, Croston, PR26 9HH
Received 3 Jul 2025MORECAMBE ROAD SCHOOL MORECAMBE ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 27 Oct 2010PARKER LANE WHITESTAKE PRESTON
Received 17 Aug 2006TULKETH HIGH SCHOOL TAG LANE INGOL
Received 25 Jun 2003MEDLAR LANE GREENHALGH NR KIRKHAM
Received 21 Sept 2004TOLLGATE ROAD BURSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURSCOUGH
Received 24 Jun 1996BROOKSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL BRIGHT STREET CLITHEROE
Received 17 Dec 2004Land off Regent Street, Colne
Received 1 Sept 2007NETHER KELLET PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRIDGE ROAD, NETHER KELLET
Received 3 Jan 2017LABORATORY CYCLEWAY BRIDGE CUERDEN
Received 15 Jan 2007WESTWAY SCHOOL MARCH STREET BURNLEY
Received 2 Aug 2002Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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