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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PLASTIC RECOVERY 45-49 ROUGH HEY ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE GRIMSARGH PRESTON
Received 9 Jan 2006CL5 WEST ROAD HILLHOUSE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 18 Aug 2017LAND ADJACENT TO CARR MILL STREET HASLINGDEN
Received 24 Nov 2003SACRED HEART SCHOOL BRADSHAW ROW ACCRINGTON
Received 2 Aug 2002BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS CUERDALE LANE SAMLESBURY NR PRESTON
Received 5 Dec 2003BLUE SLATE FARM SAMLESBURY
Received 31 Aug 2004WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS DEANS LANE HOSCAR
Received 13 Mar 2006MARSDEN RESOURCE CENTRE RIGBY STREET NELSON
Received 21 Dec 2005LANCASTER LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL HUNTERS ROAD CLAYTON-LE-WOODS
Received 30 Jun 2003ANNAS ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, OFF PEEL ROAD, WESTBY
Received 9 Jan 2013High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 9 Jul 1954LAND AT SALTCOATES ROAD, LYTHAM
Received 1 Aug 1967BROCKHOLES NATURE RESERVE PRESTON NEW ROAD SAMLESBURY
Received 24 Mar 2016CAR PARK BOUNDED BY ACCRINGTON TRAIN STATION AND EAGLE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 28 Feb 2007ROSSENDALE YOUTH ZONE, BURNLEY ROAD, RAWTENSTALL
Received 5 Mar 2014Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston, PR1 2RE
Received 22 Aug 2025LEA ST MARY'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL DARKINSON LANE LEA PRESTON
Received 26 Nov 2003FORMER BROCKHOLES QUARRY OFF PRESTON ROAD SAMLESBURY PRESTON
Received 1 Feb 2008LAND AT WHINBRICK PRESTON NEW ROAD A583 WESTBY
Received 12 Mar 1957SCOUT MOOR QUARRY EDENSFIELD
Received 1 Apr 2009APPLETREE NURSERY MILKING STILE LANE LANCASTER
Received 15 Oct 2007LAND AT WOODCOCK ESTATE, STANIFIELD LANE, FARINGTON
Received 16 Aug 2022HYNDBURN WWTW MILL LANE GREAT HARWOOD
Received 3 Apr 2002LAND OFF MYTHOP ROAD, WEETON WITH PREESE
Received 5 Mar 2018Records 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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