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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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LAND ADJACENT TO HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE OFF EMMAUS ROAD HEYSHAM
Received 31 May 2002READ ST JOHN C OF E PRIMARY STRAITS LANE READ BURNLEY
Received 17 Oct 2011Laneshawbridge Primary School Emmotts Lane Colne.
Received 4 Aug 2000MORECAMBE BAY COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL STATION ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 24 Jan 2011LAND WEST OF TOMLINSON ROAD, TOMLINSON ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEYLAND
Received 19 Jan 2015WEST STREET PRIMARY WEST STREET COLNE
Received 2 May 2006STATION ROAD HUNCOAT
Received 15 Sept 1977WHITWORTH QUARRY COMPLEX
Received 15 Feb 2011CLAYTON HALL LANDFILL SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE LE WOODS CHORLEY
Received 2 Dec 2010STAINING C E PRIMARY SCHOOL STAINING ROAD STAINING
Received 17 Feb 2009LAND AT A59/SAMLESBURY ENTERPRISE ZONE, SAMLESBURY.
Received 25 Sept 2013ASHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, AINSDALE DRIVE, ASHTON -ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON
Received 6 May 2013CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 21 Jul 2010LEYLAND PET CEMETARY AND CREMATORIUM WIGAN ROAD LEYLAND
Received 13 Feb 2007LAND OFF TOLLGATE ROAD, TELLETHOLME INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BURSCOUGH
Received 12 Apr 2007MCMILLAN NURSERY SCHOOL RAILWAY STREET NELSON
Received 15 Feb 2010WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE BOLTON ROAD WITHNELL CHORLEY
Received 15 May 2013MARTON,DAISYFIELD AND LEA NURSERIES, OLD HOUSE LANE, MARTON, BLACKPOOL
Received 24 Jul 2014BARTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS BARTON PRESTON
Received 31 Mar 1998Broughton-in-Amounderness CE Primary School, Church Lane, Broughton
Received 11 Jul 2025LYTHAM HALL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTH PARK, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 8 Jun 2011ASTLEY PARK SCHOOL, HARRINGTON ROAD, CHORLEY
Received 10 Jul 2018LORD STREET SCHOOL LORD STREET COLNE
Received 16 Dec 2003Warton Pumping Station, Lytham Road, Bryning with Warton, PR4 1TE
Received 29 May 2026Records 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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