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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF CRAWSHAW STREET CAR PARK ACCRINGTON (ACCRINGTON BUS STATION)
Received 23 Jun 2009BLESSED TRINITY ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE (FORMERLY ST THEODORES), ORMEROD ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 19 Jan 2010117-118 CLYDESDALE PLACE MOSS SIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LEYLAND
Received 22 Sept 2008MOORSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL BACK LANE HOLLAND MOOR SKELMERSDALE
Received 12 Jan 2005ST ANDREWS C OF E PRIMARY, SPRINGFIELD STREET, OSWALDTWISTLE.
Received 12 Dec 2013WRAY WITH BOTTON (ENDOWED) PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE WRAY LANCASTER
Received 21 Jul 2003CLAUGHTON MANOR BRICKWORKS
Received 3 Apr 1990BARROW SCHOOL OLD ROW BARROW CLITHEROE
Received 9 Oct 2003LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL CLITHEROE LIBRARY, CHURCH STREET, CLITHEROE.
Received 1 Aug 2013FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD.
Received 23 Dec 2013BECCONSALL HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION SITE OFF BONNY BARN LANE BANKS
Received 17 Jan 2011SHERDLEY FARM RATTEN LANE HUTTON PRESTON
Received 23 Feb 2007HEYSHAM M6 LINK
Received 18 May 2015BROAD OAK COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL POPE LANE PENWORTHAM PRESTON
Received 22 Jan 2008CARR HILL 11-18 HIGH SCHOOL ROYAL AVENUE KIRKHAM PRESTON
Received 9 Dec 2002LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELDS TOWNELEY HOLMES ROAD BURNLEY
Received 15 Jun 2007ICI BRINEFIELD STALMINE PREESALL
Received 6 Nov 1989BACUP NURSERY SCHOOL COWTOOT LANE BACUP
Received 30 Sept 2008LAND AT END OF MOORFIELD DRIVE MOORFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ALTHAM
Received 18 Feb 2008Leyland WWTW, Emnie Lane, Leyland
Received 13 Oct 2022WYREFIELDS POULTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE POULTON-LE-FYLDE
Received 13 Nov 1996WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 3 Dec 2015WHINNEY HILL QUARRY AND LANDFILL SITE WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM
Received 25 Oct 2004LAND OFF WEST MOSS LANE HIGHER BALLAM
Received 6 Apr 2009Records 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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