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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 6 Jan 2015GERMAN LANE SAND QUARRY, CHARNOCK RICHARD, CHORLEY
Received 30 Nov 1988HARRIS PRIMARY SCHOOL, WYCHNOR, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 6 Mar 2013LANCASTER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OLD ALDCLIFFE LANE STODDAY LANCASTER
Received 15 Jul 2009FIELD ADJACENT TO BURSCOUGH WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS NEW LANE BURSCOUGH
Received 27 Feb 2007HILLAM LANE FARM, HILLAM LANE, COCKERHAM.
Received 21 Mar 2017LCC HIGHWAYS DEPOT, GRANGE ROAD, OFF FLEETWOOD ROAD,SINGLETON, PRESTON
Received 23 Apr 2015Claughton Moor Quarry Claughton Lancaster
Received 16 Sept 2022HEYSHAM VILLAGE PUMPING STATION KNOWLYS ROAD HEYSHAM VILLAGE LANCASTER
Received 7 May 2003ST PAULS CONSTABLE LEE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL HOLLIN LANE RAWTENSTALL
Received 27 Jul 2004PRESTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CLIFTON MARSH, FRECKLETON
Received 5 Jan 2015Heys Farm, Dean Lane, Whalley
Received 12 May 2023STONEYGATE NURSERY LENNOX STREET PRESTON
Received 8 Aug 2003RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 1 May 1985SHAFTESBURY HIGH SCHOOL MULTI USE GAMES AREA, WELDBANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 16 Apr 2014CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL CRAG ROAD LANCASTER
Received 20 May 2004CLITHEROE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS HENTHORNE ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 6 May 2004Clayton Hall Sand Quarry, Dawson Lane, Whittle-le-woods, PR6 7DT
Received 12 Mar 2026FERNANDES CENTRE NORTH STREET BURNLEY
Received 23 Dec 2009BARNOLDSWICK BRANCH LIBRARY FERNLEA ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 22 Apr 2004THE LOYNE SPECIALIST SCHOOL, SEFTON DRIVE, LANCASTER
Received 28 Jun 2011SIMONSWOOD MOSS WORKS NORTH PERIMETER ROAD KIRKBY.
Received 21 Sept 1999ROYLES BROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL MARSH ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 3 Jul 2009CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE, DAWSON LANE, WHITTLE LE WOODS
Received 16 Oct 2017Records 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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