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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, COMMON BANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 2 Nov 2016FARINGTON MOSS RECYCLING CENTRE, MOSS LANE, WHITESTAKE, PRESTON.
Received 26 Mar 2013LAND AT FERN STREET RAMSBOTTOM
Received 19 Apr 196023 Hutton Drive, Burnley, BB12 0TR
Received 7 May 2024WILLIAM BLYTHE WORKS LAND OFF MANCHESTER ROAD HAPTON
Received 15 Sept 2010MOOR HEY SCHOOL, FAR CROFT, LOSTOCK HALL
Received 9 Jan 2017BRABINS ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL, LONGRIDGE ROAD, CHIPPING, PRESTON
Received 17 Feb 2010LAND AT ROSEACRE WOOD, OFF ROSEACRE LANE, ROSEACRE, ELSWICK, NR KIRKHAM Please note that this is not an application for planning permission but is an application to request an opinion from the County Council as to the key areas (such as ecology, noise, traffic) that should be included in an Environmental Statement to accompany any future planning application on this site. There is no requirement to consult the public at this stage as full public consultation in accordance with statutory procedures will be undertaken if a planning application is subsequently submitted.
Received 4 Feb 2014CHORLEY MAYFIELD SCHOOL GLOUCESTER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 8 Jun 2022TARNBRICK FARM BLACKPOOL ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 27 Jul 2006HODGSONS GARAGE THORNTON ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 5 Dec 2012PEAR TREE SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, KIRKHAM.
Received 13 Feb 2014LEYLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, EMNIE LANE, LEYLAND
Received 19 Jan 2012HENTHORN ROAD LANDFILL SITE HENTHORN CLITHEROE
Received 12 Jul 2004PLAYING FIELD ADJACENT TO AND LAND REAR OF SILVERDALE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, EMESGATE LANE, SILVERDALE, CARNFORTH
Received 2 May 2012FLEETWOOD WWTW JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 16 Mar 2010ROSEACRE WOOD TEMPORARY SHALE GAS EXPLORATION SITE
Received 18 May 2016COTESTONES LANDFILL SITE WARTON CARNFORTH.
Received 10 May 1962UPHOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL SANDBROOK ROAD ORRELL
Received 10 Nov 2004ROEBUCK SCHOOL SPORTS HALL PARKER STREET PRESTON
Received 13 Aug 2004HOTHERSALL LODGE FIELD CENTRE HOTHERSALL LANE LONGRIDGE
Received 17 Oct 2003ELLEL QUARRY BAY HORSE ROAD HAMPSON GREEN LANCASTER
Received 17 Dec 2007AINSDALE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MEADOW LANE, HALSALL, SOUTHPORT
Received 12 Dec 2018STONEYGATE NURSERY SCHOOL AND CENTRE STONEYGATE WALK LENNOX STREET PRESTON
Received 15 Oct 2007Records 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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