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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GREATWOOD PRIMARY BEAUFORT ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 24 Aug 2010HIGHFIELD FARM FISHERIES, GHANTS LANE, HAMBLETON
Received 10 Feb 2021WALTER STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL WALTER STREET BRIERFIELD NELSON
Received 30 Dec 2004RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 28 Feb 1986BICKERSTAFFE C OF E JUNIOR SCHOOL HALL LANE BICKERSTAFFE
Received 10 Jul 2012LANCASTER GIRL'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL REGENT STREET LANCASTER
Received 5 Nov 2007RIGBY LANDFILL SITE ADLINGTON
Received 30 May 2003Primrose Cottage Moss Side Lane SalminePoulton-le-Fylde
Received 27 Apr 2000Lytham Green Drive Golf Club, Ballam Road, Lytham St Annes, FY8 4LE
Received 23 Dec 2024JUDGES LODGINGS MUSEUM, CASTLE HILL, LANCASTER
Received 30 Oct 2014BASNETT STREET NURSERY SCHOOL BASNETT STREET BURNLEY
Received 29 Jan 2003BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, GREENBERFIELD LANE, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 22 Oct 2021ST JOHN SOUTHWORTH RC PRIMARY SCHOOL LOMESHAYE ROAD NELSON
Received 23 Jan 2003ST WULSTANS AND ST EDMUNDS PRIMARY SCHOOL POULTON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 10 Jul 2012PENWORTHAM BYPASS - FROM A582 BROAD OAK ROUNDABOUT CONNECTING TO A59 BETWEEN HOWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BLACKHURST COTTAGES.
Received 11 Jan 2019RIBBLESDALE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 16 Apr 2020RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL QUEENS ROAD CLITHEROE
Received 2 Aug 2002LAND OFF CHAPEL LANE GALGATE
Received 7 Mar 2007VIRIDOR POLYMER RECYCLING LTD, GERRARD PLACE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 1 Jun 2017NORTHBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, HAIG AVENUE, LEYLAND
Received 22 Aug 2008ROUND O QUARRY COBB'S BROW LATHOM SKELMERSDALE
Received 20 Mar 2006JUNCTION OF ROSEMARY LANE AND DAMSIDE STREET, LANCASTER
Received 30 Jul 2012WALSHAW HIGH SCHOOL EASTERN AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 23 Jan 2002Unit 4, Simonswood Industrial Estate, Liverpool, L33 4YA - Enforcement Appeal
Received 28 Aug 2024Records 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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