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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WHINNEY HEYS OFF GARSTANG ROAD GARSTANG
Received 23 Jul 2008LAND WITHIN PENWORTHAM GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL OFF POPLAR DRIVE PENWORTHAM
Received 31 Aug 2010HAMBLETON COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL ARTHUR'S LANE HAMBLETON
Received 30 Apr 2009Black Moss School School Lane Skelmersdale
Received 6 Dec 2001LYDIATE LANE SAND AND GRAVEL LANDFILL SITE CUERDEN
Received 13 Jun 1997UNIT D1-D2 REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE OFF TUSTIN WAY LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 2 Jun 2020MAVIS DRIVE CHORLEY
Received 11 Feb 2004FORMER HEYSHAM MOSS SIDINGS MIDDLETON BUSINESS PARK MIDDLETON
Received 5 Sept 1990NORTH CLIFFE BUILDING BLACKBURN OLD ROAD GREAT HARWOOD
Received 27 Nov 2020ST LAURENCE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGHFIELD ROAD SOUTH, CHORLEY
Received 3 Sept 2018LEAPERSWOOD QUARRY KELLET ROAD CARNFORTH
Received 19 Aug 2008ORMSKIRK SCHOOL WIGAN ROAD ORMSKIRK
Received 11 Oct 2005M55 TO HEYHOUSES LINK LYTHAM MOSS LYTHAM T ANNES LANCASHIRE (LYTHAM MOSS)
Received 3 Mar 2022EDGE END HIGH SCHOOL HIBSON LANE NELSON
Received 16 Oct 2002LAND OFF ST NICHOLAS LANE, BOLTON LE SANDS, CARNFORTH
Received 10 Feb 2011HASLAM PARK NORTH OFF BRISTOW AVENUE PRESTON
Received 19 May 2004LAND ADJACENT TO JAMESON ROAD LANDFILL WITHIN THE WYRE ESTUARY
Received 3 Oct 2003Westby Brickworks, Annas Road, Westby with Plumptons, FY4 5JX (existing glass recycling facility).
Received 14 Oct 2026ROSEGROVE INFANT SCHOOL OWEN STREET ROSEGROVE BURNLEY
Received 29 Jan 2004GARSTANG WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS CHURCHTOWN NR GARSTANG
Received 10 Mar 2003ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL BOLTON ROAD CHORLEY
Received 25 Jun 2003CASTERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL THAMES AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 22 Jul 2004WHALLEY LIBRARY ABBEY ROAD WHALLEY
Received 21 Jan 2010WRAY PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD RECREATION GROUND WRAY
Received 13 Aug 2021Records 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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