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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BACK LANE QUARRY, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH
Received 16 Apr 2013Great Harwood Reclamation Centre Alan Ramsbottom Way Heys Lane Industrial Estate
Received 9 Jul 1999BROOK LANE PUMPING STATION CHORLEY
Received 1 Jun 2004WALTER STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL BRIERFIELD
Received 11 Jul 2008ROCKWOOD NURSERY SCHOOL, KINGSLAND ROAD, BURNLEY
Received 17 Feb 2014TARNBRICK FARM BLACKPOOL ROAD KIRKHAM PRESTON
Received 25 Mar 2010WILLOW LANE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, WILLOW LANE, LANCASTER
Received 19 Mar 2018PINCROFT DYEING AND PRINTING PUMPING STATION, MARKET STREET, ADLINGTON
Received 4 Sept 2019WEST END PRIMARY SCHOOL, ASPEN LANE, OSWALDTWISTLE.
Received 25 Apr 2014ORMSKIRK CE SCHOOL GREETBY AVENUE ORMSKIRK
Received 15 Oct 2002CLAUGHTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS NORTH SIDE OF A683 LANCASTER ROAD, CLAUGHTON
Received 2 Jan 2020DOCKACRES BORWICK LANE BORWICK
Received 1 Nov 2001LANCASHIRE ENTERPRISE BUSINESS PARK CENTURION WAY LEYLAND PR26 6TZ
Received 3 Mar 2010TWIST HILL/DELF HILL QUARRY BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY
Received 1 May 1984TWIST HILL/DELF HILL QUARRY BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY
Received 11 Jul 1985CENTRAL LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL CRAG ROAD LANCASTER
Received 18 Jul 2005LAND SOUTH OF THE OLD WHITTINGHAM HOSPITAL SITE, WHITTINGHAM, PRESTON
Received 10 Oct 2018WRAY WITH BOTTON ENDOWED SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, WRAY
Received 3 Jun 2015ELM TREE PRIMARY ELMERSWOOD ROAD TAN HOUSE SKELMERSDALE
Received 7 Mar 2012SITE 13 OFF CENTURIAN WAY LEYLAND
Received 4 Feb 2003COUNTY ANALYST LABORATORY PEDDERS WAY ASHTON PRESTON
Received 28 Aug 2009West of Long Dales Lane, Dunald Mill Quarry, Nether Kellet
Received 1 Jun 1965MAYFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL, ST LEONARD'S ROAD EAST, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 9 Mar 2016MARSDEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY PERCY STREET NELSON
Received 21 Jan 2008Records 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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