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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TOWER HOUSE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 14 May 2018SHERBURN SPECIAL SCHOOL MOOR PARK PRESTON
Received 19 Jul 2006LANESHAWBRIDGE PRIMARY EMMOTT LANE COLNE
Received 3 Nov 2009DINGLE QUARRY LEES LANE DALTON
Received 13 Sept 1963TRANSCO- CARNTORTH COMPRESSOR STATION LAND ADJACENT TO DUNALD MILL LANE NEAR NETHER KELLET
Received 3 Apr 2002LEDBURY AVENUE LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 12 Jan 2010LAND OFF JAMESON ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 21 Oct 2015LAND OFF EVERY STREET WHITEFIELD NELSON
Received 5 Mar 2013TULKETH HIGH SCHOOL TAG LANE INGOL
Received 26 Nov 2003BOWERHAM COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 7 Feb 2011Unit 37, Centurion Way, Farington
Received 27 Feb 2024RIGBY LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH
Received 25 Sept 2012LCES DEPOT GRANGE ROAD SINGLETON
Received 7 Sept 2006HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS ALTCAR FORMBY
Received 28 Jan 2015LONGSANDS CP SCHOOL, LONGSANDS LANE, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 13 Aug 2014UNIT 2 105 FLEETWOOD STREET PRESTON
Received 9 Apr 1991YEALAND C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL FOOTERAN LANE YEALAND REDMAYNE CARNFORTH
Received 23 Jul 2003BLEASDALE HOUSE SPECIAL SCHOOL, EMESGATE, SILVERDALE
Received 8 Apr 2016WITHNELL LANDFILL SITE, BOLTON ROAD, WITHNELL
Received 28 Mar 2014WHITEMOSS LANDFILL SITE, WHITE MOSS ROAD SOUTH, SKELMERSDALE
Received 22 Mar 2012LAND SOUTH WEST OF COTTAM AVENUE PRESTON COTTAM HALL BRICKWORKS
Received 4 Sept 2006WEAVERS BROW LIMBRICK HEATH CHORLEY
Received 22 Dec 2003Rockwood Nursery School Kingsland Road Burnley BB11 3PU
Received 8 Jan 2026GARSTANG WWTW,CHURCHTOWN, GARSTANG
Received 9 Nov 2011Records 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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