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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
PEEL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL ALICE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 1 Sept 2010ORMSKIRK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, GREETBY HILL, ORMSKIRK
Received 7 Nov 2013DUCKWORTH CLOUGH LANDFILL SITE HASLINGDEN
Received 28 Sept 1977CASTLEFORD RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME QUEENS ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 1 Apr 2004FORMER PADIHAM PRIMARY BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 14 Nov 2012OSWALDTWISTLE PRU UNION ROAD OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 4 May 2006LYTHAM HALL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL SOUTH PARK LYTHAM
Received 8 Aug 2012ASHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, AINSDALE DRIVE, ASHTON ON RIBBLE, PRESTON
Received 20 May 2014LANCASTER WEST BUSINESS PARK, OFF IMPERIAL WAY, HEYSHAM
Received 12 Sept 2018FARINGTON HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE FLENSBURG WAY PRESTON
Received 19 Mar 2012CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL , LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON, PRESTON
Received 19 Jan 2012SITE OF FORMER HUNCOAT POWER STATION, ALTHAM LANE, HUNCOAT
Received 28 Jun 1991LONGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL LANE LONGTON
Received 11 May 2010HESKETH BANK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, MARSH LANE, HESKETH BANK.
Received 28 Mar 2014CHORLEY LIBRARY UNION STREET CHORLEY
Received 17 Dec 2012ST AUGUSTINES RC HIGH SCHOOL, ELKER LANE, BILLINGTON CLITHEROE.
Received 13 Mar 2014BRIERFIELD REEDLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL REEDLEY ROAD REEDLEY
Received 13 May 2004RIBBLESDALE WORKS CASTLE CEMENT CLITHEROE
Received 19 Sept 2008LUNDSFIELD QUARRY CARNFORTH
Received 2 Aug 1977LAMALEACH WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION, GREEN LANE WEST, FRECKLETON
Received 9 Mar 2011Reedley County Primary School Reedley Road Brierfield
Received 7 Jan 2002Lancaster Waste Water Treatment Works, Stodday Lane, Lancaster
Received 25 Mar 2025BRADLEYS SAND PIT LIGHTFOOT LANE PRESTON
Received 27 Apr 2005TARLETON HIGH SCHOOL HESKETH LANE TARLETON
Received 29 Sept 2004Records 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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