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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CATLOW EAST QUARRY CATLOW FOLD FARM SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 23 Dec 2020PRESTON BUS STATION, TITHEBARN STREET. PRESTON
Received 27 Jul 2016PINGWOOD LANE
Received 1 Aug 2006NEWBRIDGE FARM SIMONSWOOD
Received 22 Dec 1997MOOR HEY SCHOOL FARCROFT (OFF LEYLAND ROAD) LOSTOCK HALL
Received 16 Dec 2003LORDS DELPH QUARRY FORTY ACRE LANE LONGRIDGE PRESTON
Received 23 Sept 2002Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane.
Received 7 Sept 2026BLEASDALE HOUSE SCHOOL, EMESGATE LANE SILVERDALE
Received 22 Feb 2019QUERNMORE CE VC PRIMARY SCHOOL POSTERNGATE ROAD LANCASTER
Received 18 Jun 2007Whitemoss Landfill Site, White Moss Road South, Skelmersdale, WN8 9TH
Received 17 Jan 2025East of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 11 Nov 1966TARNACRE QUARRY, TARNACRE LANE, ST MICHAELS ON WYRE
Received 19 Oct 2020ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL HARRINGTON ROAD CHORLEY
Received 13 Mar 2009UNIT D13 REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, B6243 LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON
Received 16 Sept 2020EDEN WORKS COLNE ROAD KELBROOK COLNE
Received 5 Apr 2004STATION YARD MIDGE HALL LANE LEYLAND
Received 23 Oct 1996Lower Brockholes Quarry Brockholes Brow Preston
Received 10 Nov 2023REEDLEY CP SCHOOL, REEDLEY ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 21 Nov 2013Balshaw Community Primary School Bredon Avenue Chorley
Received 14 Nov 2001LAND TO THE REAR OF 202 RED LEES ROAD HIGHER RED LEES CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 3 Nov 2004WILLOW LANE COMMUNITY CP PRIMARY, WILLOW LANE, LANCASTER
Received 23 Apr 2013WILPSHIRE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, RIBCHESTER ROAD, WILPSHIRE
Received 17 May 2021PRESTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS CLIFTON MARSH FRECKLETON
Received 4 Nov 1998Clifton County Primary School, Clitheroe Road, St. Annes, FY8 3PY
Received 16 Mar 2007Records 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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