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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 NORTH OF TAWD VALE PUBLIC HOUSE, BERRY STREET, CHAPEL HOUSE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 27 Nov 2013DEEPDALE JUNIOR SCHOOL, ST STEPHENS ROAD, PRESTON
Received 6 Mar 2013TIMBER STREET BRIERFIELD
Received 28 Mar 2003FORMER MANCHESTER ROAD DAY NURSERY OFF ADELAIDE STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 15 Jan 2003LEAPERS WOOD QUARRY KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH LANCASTER
Received 24 Mar 2017ASMALL PRIMARY SCHOOL TENNYSON DRIVE ORMSKIRK
Received 18 Sept 2009LAND OFF LYDIATE LANE CUERDEN
Received 16 Jun 2006LINDRED ROAD NELSON
Received 9 Jun 2003LANCASTER ROAD PRIMARY LANCASTER ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 18 Jun 2010Horncliffe Quarry Landfill Site, Bury Road, Rawtenstall
Received 22 May 2024LAND OFF CORNWALL AVENUE, OSWALDTWISTLE.
Received 25 May 2009CAR PARK ILEX MILL BACUP ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 8 Jan 2013ST MARY'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL LONDON STREET FLEETWOOD
Received 21 Jul 2003STANLEY VILLA FARM, BACK LANE, GREENHALGH, WEETON WITH PREESE
Received 13 Jul 2016WHITEMOSS ROAD LANDFILL SITE WHITEMOSS ROAD SOUTH SKELMERSDALE
Received 27 Nov 2002HENTHORNE ROAD LANDFILL SITE HENTHORNE CLITHEROE
Received 28 Apr 2003BROADWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN
Received 23 Aug 2005AT THE FORMER HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE STATION ROAD RUFFORD
Received 19 Sept 2012HORNBY SWIMMING POOL MELLING ROAD HORNBY
Received 5 Jul 2006ST MARKS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL SOUTHPORT ROAD SCARISBRICK ORMSKIRK
Received 16 Oct 2002CHEERYFOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL
Received 20 May 2003FORMER ASHTON COMMUNITY SCIENCE COLLEGE, RIBBLETON HALL DRIVE, PRESTON.
Received 17 Jan 2014THORNTON PRIMARY SCHOOL HEYS STREET THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 15 Nov 2007Land off Station Road Nateby Nr Garstang
Received 27 Apr 2000Records 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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