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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF DOCK ROAD LYTHAM
Received 12 May 2006SINGLETON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL CHURCH ROAD SINGLETON
Received 29 Jul 2003Salt Ayre Landfill Site, Ovangle Road, Lancaster
Received 1 May 2002CARLETON GREEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL ARUNDEL DRIVE CARLETON
Received 6 Apr 2009Ulnes Walton Leachate Treatment Plant, Land at Ulnes Walton Landfill Site, Chorley, PR26 8NE
Received 29 May 2026ANNAS ROAD EXPLORATION SITE, ANNAS ROAD, NR BLACKPOOL
Received 29 Sept 2011POINT SIX YOUTH CLUB C/O GLENBURN SPORTS COLLEGE SOUTHWAY YEWDALE SKELMERSDALE
Received 13 Feb 2008ST MARY'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHALLEY ROAD, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 5 Feb 2019SANDYLANDS PRIMARY HAMPTON ROAD HEYSHAM
Received 17 Oct 2008BOWERHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 1 Aug 2005THE ROSE SCHOOL GREENOCK STREET BURNLEY
Received 11 Nov 2010FORTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WOKS
Received 17 Jan 2022BARTON ROAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE BARTON ROAD LANCASTER
Received 13 Feb 2008LYDD GROVE PS COPPER WORK WOODS
Received 25 May 2004LAND NORTH OF HOLME BRIDGE, (LAND OFF NEW HALL HEY ROAD), RAWTENSTALL
Received 8 May 2014WEST END PRIMARY SCHOOL ASPEN LANE OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 13 Sept 2004WALTON-LE-DALE HIGH SCHOOL, BRINDLE ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE, PRESTON, PR5 6RN
Received 9 Mar 2007CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 23 Mar 1987MOOR HEY SCHOOL, FAR CROFT, LOSTOCK HALL
Received 12 Nov 2019Tulketh High School Tag Lane Preston
Received 18 Aug 2023GISBURN PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD GISBURN
Received 19 May 2010RAKEHEAD LANDFILL SITE, BACUP
Received 1 Oct 1980LAND OFF BROOK STREET PRESTON
Received 7 May 2003UNITS 3-4 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SIMONSWOOD KNOWSLEY
Received 5 Nov 2014Records 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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