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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
POOL HOUSE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL KIDSGROVE TANTERTON PRESTON
Received 3 May 2006WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE WHINNEY HILL ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 23 Feb 2011WHITEFIELD INFANT SCHOOL NORFOLK STREET NELSON
Received 8 Jul 2009TOP O SLATE
Received 5 Nov 1962Plot CL5, Hillhouse Business Park, West Road, Fleetwood
Received 5 Apr 2024RIGBY/HOUGHTON HOUSE QUARRY
Received 16 Jun 2003LANCASHIRE COUNTY ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPOT GRANGE ROAD SINGLETON
Received 26 Feb 2009ROYAL CROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL ELSWICK ROAD ASHTON PRESTON
Received 14 Jun 2011RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 16 Mar 2021HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN ROSSENDALE
Received 6 Feb 2008WRAY WITH BOTTON ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, WRAY
Received 11 Jun 2018CONSTABLE LEE ST PAULS C OF E SCHOOL, CALDER ROAD, CONSTABLE LEE, ROSSENDALE
Received 21 Mar 2016WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE, WHINNEY HILL ROAD, ALTHAM
Received 14 May 2018BAMBERS LANE MARTON
Received 7 Oct 199698-100 GLOUCESTER ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 7 Aug 2009HEYHOUSES ENDOWED C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLARENDON ROAD NORTH, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 10 Jul 2013RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 7 Jun 2001BANKFIELD QUARRY CHATBURN
Received 6 Mar 2003GREENDALES PUMPING STATION CARR LANE MIDDLETON LANCASTER
Received 7 Aug 2002PARK HALL ROAD, HESKIN, CHORLEY
Received 2 Aug 2022ST AUGUSTINES RC HIGH SCHOOL, ELKER LANE, BILLINGTON, CLITHEROE
Received 7 Oct 2014WHALLEY LIBRARY ABBEY ROAD WHALLEY
Received 31 Mar 2010ST WULSTANS RC PRIMARY, RUSHTON STREET, GREAT HARWOOD
Received 12 Mar 2013UNIT 2 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SIMONSWOOD
Received 7 Apr 2011Records 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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