Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 13 May 2020HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN ROSSENDALE
Received 9 Jul 2004RIGBY QUARRY AND HOUGHTON HOUSE QUARRY, ADLINGTON
Received 7 May 1996FULWOOD AND CADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, CADLEY CAUSEWAY, PRESTON.
Received 25 Mar 2015CARNFORTH HIGH SCHOOL KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 7 Jul 2010LONGRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL PRESTON ROAD LONGRIDGE
Received 19 Jan 2005DUKE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL, DUKE STREET, CHORLEY
Received 8 May 2015WHITEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL OAKLANDS DRIVE PENWORTHAM
Received 18 Mar 2008Tulketh High Scholo Tag Lane Preston
Received 24 Oct 2001Land off Kepple Lane Garstang
Received 6 Nov 2001LOWER HALL FARM, SAMLESBURY
Received 26 Feb 2021CRIBDEN HOUSE SCHOOL HASLINGDEN ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 26 Jul 2005ASHTON COUNTY ANALYSTS LABORATORY PEDDERS LAND ROAD DOCK ESTATE
Received 29 Jun 2006RIGBY HOUGHTON HOUSE QUARRY LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH WIGAN
Received 1 Oct 2004WESTHEAD WWTW CASTLE LANE WESTHEAD
Received 7 Mar 2003LONGTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS HALL LANE LONGTON
Received 17 Jun 2003IRON HOUSE FARM, LANCASTER ROAD, OUT RAWCLIFFE
Received 1 Jun 2017WOODLEA COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL WOODLEA ROAD LEYLAND
Received 18 Sept 2002FLAKEFLEET PRIMARY SCHOOL NORTHFLEET AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 18 Oct 2011ELM TREE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, ELMERS WOOD, SKELMERSDALE
Received 13 Jul 2015BARNOLDSWICK FIRE STATION WELLHOUSE ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 3 Feb 2004MARTLANDS QUARRY APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 20 Oct 1948FLEETWOOD POWER STATION SITE JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 20 Jun 2003TOWNHOUSE SCHOOL TOWNHOUSE ROAD NELSON
Received 10 Feb 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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