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Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancashire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
5,679Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 4,825 approved or refused records
129Refused applications

4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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More application records

  1. Application Approved09/05/0016

    EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL

    DUKE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL DUKE STREET CHORLEY

    Received 23 Dec 2004
  2. Application Refused02/05/3958

    Extension of Quarrying

    West of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet

    Received 13 Oct 1971
  3. Application GrantedLCC/2019/0045

    ERECTION OF A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY COMPRISING TWO 12.2 METRE CONTAINERS AND TRANSFORMER

    CLIFTON MARSH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, PRESTON NEW ROAD, FRECKLETON

    Received 1 Aug 2019
  4. Application Approved12/04/0783

    TO CONSTRUCT A NEW OUT FALL WITH ASSOCIATED HANDRAILING AND TEMPORARY ACCESS REMOTE TEMPORARY COMPOUND WITH TWO TEMPORARY ACCESSES A CHAMBER PARTIALLY ABOVE GROUND WITH ASSOICATED HANDRAILING AND CONTROL KIOSK AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS GATE WITHIN MILL WALL

    LEVANT MILL DOBSON STREET PADIHAM BURNLEY

    Received 7 Jul 2004
  5. Application Granted08/11/0323

    ERECTION OF A VEHICLE/MATERIAL STORAGE FACILITY

    WRIGHTINGTON HIGHWAYS DEPOT MOSS LANE WRIGHTINGTON

    Received 2 Mar 2011
  6. Application OngoingLCC/2021/0005

    ENFORCEMENT APPEAL APP/Q2371/W/20/3264309

    CHATBURN OLD ROAD CHATBURN - ENFORCEMENT APPEAL

    Received 28 Jan 2021
  7. Application Approved13/08/0159/1

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITION 3 OF PERMISSION 13/09/0159 - DETAILS OF CONTROL WEIR CHANNEL AND OUTFALL OUTLET

    MARSDEN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OFF WALVERDEN ROAD, BRIERFIELD, NELSON

    Received 26 Oct 2009
  8. Application Approved11/05/0820

    REINSTATEMENT OF RAILINGS TO MATCH EXISTING AND REPLACEMENT OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN GATES

    HYNDBURN PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL PARK ROAD ACCRINGTON

    Received 16 Dec 2005
  9. Application Approved14/96/300

    MODIFICATION OF APPROVED CONTOURS AND NEW PROPOSALS TO RESTORE THE SITE TO WILDLIFE HABITAT

    RAKEHEAD LANDFILL SITE BACUP

    Received 18 Jul 1996
  10. Application Granted01/12/0936

    ERECTION OF TWO CANOPIES

    BOWERHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER

    Received 25 Sept 2012
  11. Application Withdrawn07/10/0197

    SINGLE STOREY DEMOUNTABLE STORAGE BUILDING

    WALTON LE DALE PRIMARY SEVERN DRIVE WALTON LE DALE PRESTON

    Received 24 Mar 2010
  12. Application Approved06/87/1053

    PROPOSED WASTE TRANSFER STATION

    BRADLEY'S LANDFILL SITE LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE FULWOOD

    Received 7 Dec 1987
  13. Application Approved08/05/0332

    APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 2 OF PERMISSION 08/02/0035 TO EXTEND THE OPERATIONS PERIOD TO 10 OCTOBER 2006

    BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE BANKS ENCLOSED MARSH BONNY BARN ROAD HUNDRED END

    Received 17 Mar 2005
  14. Application Approved08/07/0187

    TO ERECT A NEW PUMPING STATION KIOSK

    SQUARE HOUSE LANE BANKS

    Received 15 Feb 2007
  15. Application Approved05/04/0150

    CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HIGHWAY (M55 TO HEYHOUSES LINK ROAD SOUTHERN SECTION) AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING HIGHWAY AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING WORKS

    HEYHOUSES LINK ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES

    Received 4 Feb 2004
  16. Application GrantedLCC/2014/0004

    NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NURSERY AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING THE RELOCATION AND EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING CANOPY.

    FAIRFIELD CHILDRENS CENTRE, FAIRFIELD STREET, ACCRINGTON

    Received 23 Dec 2013
  17. Application Approved13/02/0072

    CONTINUATION OF WINNING AND WORKING OF MINERALS BY SURFACE WORKING

    DUCKWORTH CLOUGH QUARRY HASLINGDEN

    Received 1 Jun 1949
  18. Application Granted01/10/1124

    INSTALLATION OF 10 METRE HIGH RADIO MAST WITH ANTENNA RECEIVER

    MAIN ROAD NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH

    Received 29 Oct 2010
  19. Application Approved07/11/0739/1

    COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITION 24 OF PERMISSION 07/11/0739 DUST ACTION PLAN

    LYDIATE LANE SAND QUARRY LYDIATE LANE LEYLAND

    Received 21 May 2012
  20. Application Granted08/11/0210

    TEMPORARY CHANGE OF USE FROM AGRICULTURE TO SITE FOR DRILLING AND TESTING FOR HYDRO CARBONS INCLUDING FOUR SHALLOW EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES AND ASSOCIATED SITE COMPOUND

    NORRIS FARM DOWNHOLLAND MOSS LANE FORMBY

    Received 15 Feb 2011
  21. Application GrantedLCC/2015/0091

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 06/06/0192 TO ALLOW THE CONTINUED EXTRACTION OF SAND AND GRAVEL FOR A FURTHER 18 MONTH PERIOD UNTIL APRIL 2017 WITH RESTORATION BY OCTOBER 2017

    LOWER BROCKHOLES FARM, PRESTON

    Received 29 Sept 2015
  22. Application Approved14/05/0537

    PROPOSED NEW MAIN ENTRANCE AND STORE

    BALLADEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL LINDEN LEA RAWTENSTALL

    Received 15 Sept 2005
  23. Decision IssuedSCR/2016/0008

    SCREENING OPINION REQUEST FOR PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOTAIC ARRAY

    SCHOLA GREEN WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION, SCHOLA GREEN LANE, MORECAMBE

    Received 2 Jun 2016
  24. Application GrantedLCC/2017/0037

    CHANGE OF USE TO VEHICLE DISMANTLE, VEHICLE DEPOLLUTION AND AUTHORISED TREATMENT FACILITY

    UNIT 10 FAIRFIELD HOUSE, FAIRFIELD STREET, ACCRINGTON

    Received 13 Apr 2017

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What these statistics cover

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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