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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
RIPLEY ST THOMAS CE HIGH SCHOOL ASHTON ROAD LANCASTER
Received 5 Jul 2002CLAUGHTON QUARRY LANCASTER
Received 30 Jul 2003WOODHILL HOUSE 60 WOOD HILL LANE MORECAMBE
Received 22 Dec 2003ALSTOM BUILDING WEST STRAND PRESTON
Received 3 Jan 2012TOR VIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL CLOD LANE BENTGATE HASLINGDEN
Received 10 Oct 2008HAPTON C OF E METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANCHESTER ROAD, HAPTON
Received 17 Mar 2017IRON HOUSE FARM LANCASTER ROAD OUT RAWCLIFFE
Received 14 Nov 2008BURNLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, WOODEND ROAD, OFF BARDEN LANE, BURNLEY
Received 7 Oct 2021LITTLE FELL FARM QUERNMORE
Received 25 Sept 2003WESTBY BRICKWORKS ANNAS ROAD OFF PEEL ROAD WESTBY
Received 14 Dec 2009BACK LANE QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 6 Mar 2014CLIFTON MARSH CHEMICAL TRANSFER FACILITY CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 20 Sept 2007Moorbrook Special School, Ainslie Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3DB
Received 16 Jun 2025LAMALEACH WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION GREEN LANE WEST FRECKLETON
Received 8 Nov 2010BROADGATE/RIVERSIDE PRESTON
Received 12 Jul 2011COP LANE PRIMARY COP LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 26 May 2009Back Lane Quarry, Back Lane, Nether Kellet, Carnforth, LA6 1EA
Received 25 Aug 2026PREESE HALL EXPLORATION SITE, WEETON, KIRKHAM
Received 22 Jun 2015COWLING FARM CHORLEY LANE CHORLEY
Received 16 Aug 2004FULWOOD WITHY DAY CENTRE, BRACKENBURY ROAD, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 15 Oct 2013HOLLAND MOOR PRIMARY SCHOOL, CORNBROOK, SKELMERSDALE
Received 4 May 2016LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 5 Oct 2006LAND ADJACENT TO UNITED UTILITIES PUMPING STATION, GARDNER ROAD, WARTON
Received 10 Feb 2011450M NORTH OF HALE HALL FARM INSKIP ROAD WHARLES
Received 3 Dec 2009Records 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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