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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WHITTLE HILL QUARRY , CHORLEY OLD ROAD WHITLE LE WOODS
Received 11 Dec 2014LANDFILL GAS UTILISATION COMPOUND RIGBY HOUGHTON HOUSE LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH WIGAN
Received 6 Jun 2006WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE, WHINNEY HILL ROAD, ALTHAM
Received 27 Nov 2017JUNCTION OF LONDON ROAD AND NEW HALL LANE PRESTON
Received 19 Jan 2011RECYCLING LIVES, LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON.
Received 27 Jan 2017THOMAS GRAHAM AND SONS - WAREHOUSE 2, NORTHGATE BUSINESS PARK, MIDDLEGATE, WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MORECAMBE
Received 26 Jun 2020LAND AT HIGHFIELD FARM GHANTS LANE HAMBLETON
Received 20 May 2002LANESHAWBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL EMMOTT LANE LANESHAW BRIDGE COLNE
Received 18 Aug 2011RECYCLING LIVES, RECYCLING PARK, LONGRIDGE ROAD, PRESTON.
Received 10 Dec 2012CLIFTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLITHEROE ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 23 May 2011PLAYING FIELDS OF RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE ACCESSED OFF LANGSHAW DRIVE CLITHEROE
Received 21 Jun 2005RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 24 Jun 2019THE FERNANDES DAY CENTRE NORTH STREET BURNLEY
Received 8 Nov 2005THURNHAM GLASSON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, GLASSON DOCK
Received 13 May 2011BRADLEY NURSERY BRADLEY ROAD NELSON
Received 24 Mar 2011MOORSIDE CP SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 22 May 2014Land east of Stanifield Lane, north of Stoney Lane and west of Old School Lane
Received 27 Nov 202529 Station Road, Kirkham
Received 16 Nov 2023ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL GREAVES HALL AVENUE BANKS
Received 30 Jul 2004Nuttall Street Civic Space, Land at junction of Nuttall Street and Royds Street, Accrington
Received 20 Dec 2024ST PETERS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL CARTMEL AVENUE ACCRINGTON
Received 25 May 2007DUKE STREET NURSERY, DUKE STREET, CHORLEY
Received 8 Oct 2013WOODSIDE CARE HOME BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 7 Apr 2005SCOUT MOOR QUARRY EDENFIELD
Received 20 Oct 2005Records 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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