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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
THORNTON A&B ICI, HILLHOUSE SITE, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 11 Apr 2011ENGLISH MARTYRS JUNIOR SCHOOL, SIZER STREET, PRESTON
Received 10 Oct 2019Waddington Fell Quarry, Slaidburn Road, Waddington
Received 1 Apr 2022POOL HOUSE COMMUNITY PRIMARY KIDSGROVE TANTERTON
Received 15 Jul 2004BRADLEYS SAND PIT LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 30 Sept 2010CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS
Received 23 Sept 1988PARKER LANE WHITESTAKE PRESTON
Received 20 Feb 2010GAWTHORPE HIGH SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 26 Jun 2002UNIT 1 ROMAN WAY RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 6 Oct 2008RAKEHEAD LANDFILL SITE - BACUP
Received 29 Jul 1980ADULT COLLEGE WHITE CROSS EDUCATION CENTRE MILL 14 QUARRY ROAD LANCASTER
Received 28 Jul 2003LANCASTER WEST BUSINESS PARK MIDDLETON HEYSHAM
Received 10 Jun 2004WHITEMOSS HORTICULTURAL, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KNOWSLEY.
Received 29 Sept 2015BRUNSHAW SCHOOL, MORSE STREET, BURNLEY
Received 6 May 2021BARROW PRIMARY SCHOOL, OLD ROW, WHALLEY ROAD, BARROW
Received 21 Feb 2020OFF POOL FOOT LANE, LITTLE SINGLETON, POULTON LE FYLDE.
Received 25 Feb 2014LOWER BROCKHOLES PRESTON
Received 12 Nov 2010WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE BOLTON ROAD NEAR CHORLEY
Received 12 Nov 2002BOWERHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 23 Nov 2012TRINITY C OF E/METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, UNITY PLACE, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY
Received 10 May 2012LAND OFF REGENT STREET COLNE
Received 23 Feb 2005OGDEN TEMPORARY BRIDGE, IRWELL VALE ROAD, IRWELL VALE ROSSENDALE
Received 16 Apr 2014LAND OPPOSITE NO 4 HAMILTON ROAD AND REAR OF NOS 60 AND 62 CROMWELL ROAD PRESTON
Received 30 Sept 2004MORECAMBE ROAD SCHOOL, MORECAMBE ROAD, MORECAMBE
Received 25 Jan 2013Records 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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