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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
DUKE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL DUKE STREET CHORLEY
Received 23 Dec 2004West of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 13 Oct 1971CLIFTON MARSH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, PRESTON NEW ROAD, FRECKLETON
Received 1 Aug 2019LEVANT MILL DOBSON STREET PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 7 Jul 2004WRIGHTINGTON HIGHWAYS DEPOT MOSS LANE WRIGHTINGTON
Received 2 Mar 2011CHATBURN OLD ROAD CHATBURN - ENFORCEMENT APPEAL
Received 28 Jan 2021MARSDEN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OFF WALVERDEN ROAD, BRIERFIELD, NELSON
Received 26 Oct 2009HYNDBURN PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL PARK ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 16 Dec 2005RAKEHEAD LANDFILL SITE BACUP
Received 18 Jul 1996BOWERHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 25 Sept 2012WALTON LE DALE PRIMARY SEVERN DRIVE WALTON LE DALE PRESTON
Received 24 Mar 2010BRADLEY'S LANDFILL SITE LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE FULWOOD
Received 7 Dec 1987BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE BANKS ENCLOSED MARSH BONNY BARN ROAD HUNDRED END
Received 17 Mar 2005SQUARE HOUSE LANE BANKS
Received 15 Feb 2007HEYHOUSES LINK ROAD LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 4 Feb 2004FAIRFIELD CHILDRENS CENTRE, FAIRFIELD STREET, ACCRINGTON
Received 23 Dec 2013DUCKWORTH CLOUGH QUARRY HASLINGDEN
Received 1 Jun 1949MAIN ROAD NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 29 Oct 2010LYDIATE LANE SAND QUARRY LYDIATE LANE LEYLAND
Received 21 May 2012NORRIS FARM DOWNHOLLAND MOSS LANE FORMBY
Received 15 Feb 2011LOWER BROCKHOLES FARM, PRESTON
Received 29 Sept 2015BALLADEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL LINDEN LEA RAWTENSTALL
Received 15 Sept 2005SCHOLA GREEN WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION, SCHOLA GREEN LANE, MORECAMBE
Received 2 Jun 2016UNIT 10 FAIRFIELD HOUSE, FAIRFIELD STREET, ACCRINGTON
Received 13 Apr 2017Records 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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