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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TARNBRICK FARM BLACKPOOL ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 9 Jun 2008WALTON LE DALE CP SCHOOL SEVERN DRIVE WALTON-LE-DALE PRESTON
Received 2 Jun 20109 Harwood Lane, Great Harwood
Received 10 Oct 2025FARINGTON MOSS RECYCLING CENTRE, MOSS LANE, FARINGTON MOSS
Received 5 Jan 2015CRAWSHAW STREET, ACCRINGTON (ACCRINGTON BUS STATION)
Received 26 Jun 2015Myerscough College Myerscough Hall Bilsborrow
Received 4 Oct 2001Plot CL5, West Road, Hillhouse International Business Park, FY5 4QP
Received 11 Apr 2025MOORBROOK SCHOOL AINSLIE ROAD PRESTON
Received 10 Sept 2004ALLOTMENT GARDENS LAND OFF PARK ROAD PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 7 Nov 2002ST ANTHONY'S R C PRIMARY SCHOOL ST ANTHONY'S DRIVE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 11 Oct 2005ST MARYS RC PRIMARY LONDON STREET FLEETWOOD
Received 23 Oct 2009LAND TO SOUTH OF HARRISONS FARM, OLD SCHOOL LANE, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY
Received 27 Feb 2019LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 16 Aug 2005ROSEGROVE NURSERY HAVELOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 21 Dec 2005MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOL QUEENS ROAD WEST ACCRINGTON
Received 23 Jul 2003BELTHORN PRIMARY SCHOOL BELTHORN ROAD BELTHORN
Received 21 Apr 2008LOSTOCK HALL CP SCHOOL, LINDEN DRIVE, LOSTOCK HALL
Received 27 Apr 2022LAND AT TINCKLERS LANE, ECCLESTON
Received 26 Aug 2014BARTON ST LAWRENCE C OF E PRIMARY JEPPS AVENUE BARTON PRESTON
Received 19 Jan 2011WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 5 Feb 2009EVEREST ROAD RECYCLING CENTRE SNOWDEN ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES FYLDE
Received 6 Jun 2007CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 14 Oct 2002LAND AT GIFT HALL FARM WINMARLEIGH
Received 20 Dec 1967LAND AT DOCKACRES BORWICK LANE BORWICK
Received 22 Jun 2004Records 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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