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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THORNTON PRIMARY, HEYS STREET, THORNTON
Received 1 Feb 2016WEST END PRIMARY SCHOOL CHATSWORTH ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 15 Mar 2004LCC HIGHWAYS DEPOT, GRANGE ROAD, OFF FLEETWOOD ROAD, SINGLETON
Received 8 Jul 2015WILLOW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY WILLOW LANE LANCASTER
Received 18 Mar 2008HOLLAND BANK WORKS, BRIDGE STREET, CHURCH, ACCRINGTON
Received 12 Aug 1988FORMER SUPAGLASS SITE WHITE LUND AVENUE HEATON-WITH-OXCLIFFE
Received 27 Jan 2004ST MARY MAGDALENS C OF E SCHOOL, DEVONSHIRE STREET, ACCRINGTON
Received 11 Aug 2016FIELD BETWEEN THE A683 AND THE B6480 HORNBY
Received 11 Jul 2018BRIDGE STREET PUMPING STATION BRIDGE STREET WHEELTON
Received 28 Nov 2003NORTHFOLD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, RINGWAY, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 26 Mar 2020LAND TO THE WEST OF PENWORTHAM GOLF CLUB, SOUTH OF THE RIVER RIBBLE.
Received 19 Feb 201011 - 12 BACK ST ANNES ROAD WEST, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 12 Jan 2012Greens Lane, Downholland, Lydiate - ENFORCEMENT APPEAL
Received 25 May 2023ST MARYS RC PRIMARY LONDON STREET FLEETWOOD
Received 16 Feb 2010HALSALL WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS OFF MOSS CARR LANE HALSALL
Received 30 Apr 2003TOWER HOUSE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 26 Nov 2020COAL CLOUGH SCHOOL (EBD) SWINDON STREET BURNLEY
Received 11 Oct 2004RHYDDINGS BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE HAWORTH STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 10 Feb 2020NORTH EAST CORNER OF LANEHEAD QUARRY CHATBURN
Received 18 Mar 2003WEST QUARRY APPELY BRIDGE
Received 12 Apr 1985HILLSIDE SPECIAL SCHOOL, RIBCHESTER ROAD, HOTHERSALL, LONGRIDGE
Received 26 Jul 2013Thornton Primary School, Heys Street, Thornton Cleveleys, FY5 4JP
Received 15 Mar 2007BRADLEYS SANDPIT LIGHTFOOT GREEN LANE PRESTON.
Received 28 Mar 2007FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS JAMESON ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 4 Mar 2013Records 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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