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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BALSHAW C OF E HIGH SCHOOL LEYLAND
Received 15 Jul 2003Heysham High School
Received 12 Oct 2001LAND IN LEA, COTTAM AND BARTLE AND TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUILT UP AREA OF PRESTON.
Received 8 Jun 2016BLUE SLATE FARM SPRING LANE SAMLESBURY
Received 1 Sept 2004MILTON YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE, MILTON STREET, FLEETWOOD
Received 25 Jul 2011EAST CLIFF OFFICE COMPLEX PARK HOTEL PRESTON
Received 23 Mar 2005GIFT HALL FARM WINMARLEIGH
Received 21 Nov 1972FLAKEFLEET PRIMARY SCHOOL NORTHFLEET AVENUE FLEETWOOD
Received 22 Feb 2008WALTON HIGH SCHOOL OXFORD ROAD NELSON
Received 19 Jan 2006BACUP NURSERY SCHOOL COWTOOT LANE BACUP
Received 21 May 2007ST PATRICK'S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHER WALTON ROAD WALTON-LE-DALE
Received 19 Feb 2007Electricity Generating Plant, Jameson Road, Fleetwood, FY7 8TW
Received 9 Jun 2026COBBS BROW SCHOOL MANFIELD ASHURST SKELMERSDALE
Received 1 Nov 2004GAWTHORPE HIGH SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM BURNLEY
Received 21 Apr 2006RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 21 Jul 1967WYRE ESTUARY COASTAL PATH BETWEEN WYRE ESTUARY COUNTRY PARK AT STANAH AND FLEETWOOD MARSH NATURE RESERVE AND FLEETWOOD ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 29 Sept 2010FULWOOD ACADEMY BLACK BULL LANE FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 3 Jan 2012UNIT 14, HEYSHAM BUSINESS PARK, MIDDLETON, MORECAMBE
Received 8 Oct 2012LAND ADJACENT TO RYELANDS HOUSE LANCASTER
Received 10 Nov 2003HIGHER SEED LEE BARM BRINDLE ROAD BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 1 Jul 2009LAND OFF LODGE LANE, CLIFTON
Received 1 Jun 2011VIRIDOR POLYMER AND RECYCLING FACILITY, GERRARD PLACE, GILLIBRAND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 11 Apr 2014LONGRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL PRESTON ROAD LONGRIDGE
Received 31 Jul 2002HOLY CROSS RC HIGH SCHOOL BURGH LANE CHORLEY
Received 21 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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