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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
LAND ADJACENT TO WHINNEY HILL QUARRY LANDFILL SITE WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM ACCRINGTON
Received 31 May 2007OLD HALL FARM BRIDGE, BLACKPOOL ROAD, LEA, PRESTON
Received 14 Feb 2011TAYWOOD NURSERY SCHOOL TAY STREET BURNLEY
Received 8 May 2003LAND BETWEEN HEALEY DELL WHITWORTH AND BRITANNIA GREENWAY ROSSENDALE
Received 10 Dec 2007FULWOOD AND CADLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, CADLEY CAUSEWAY, PRESTON
Received 16 Mar 2021ST JOHNS ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRECK ROAD, POULTON LE FYLDE.
Received 19 Apr 2016CL5 WEST ROAD HILLHOUSE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 22 Sept 2009CRAWSHAWBOOTH PRIMARY SCHOOL BURNLEY ROAD CRAWSHAWBOOTH
Received 5 Dec 2002LAND NORTH OF HOLME BRIDGE HASLINGDEN
Received 17 Oct 2005LYTHAM NEW WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION, GRAVING DOCK ROAD LYTHAM
Received 31 May 2016LAND AT A59/SAMLESBURY ENTERPRISE ZONE, SAMLESBURY
Received 7 Feb 2014ELLEL CRAG QUARRY GALGATE LANCASTER
Received 26 Jun 1991THE LOYNE SCHOOL SEFTON DRIVE LANCASTER
Received 16 Apr 2009FORD QUARRY BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 9 Mar 1981DALTON QUARRY/BRICKWORKS LEES LANE DALTON
Received 25 Aug 1968WHITEWELL BOTTOM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, BURNLEY ROAD EAST, ROSSENDALE
Received 15 Apr 2013UNIT 3 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK STOPGATE LANE KIRKBY
Received 7 Apr 2005ALBANY SCIENCE COLLEGE BOLTON ROAD CHORLEY
Received 16 Jun 2008LAND AT BARTON HOUSE FARM PIMBO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PIMBO ROAD PIMBO SKELMERSDALE
Received 24 Jan 2005NEWTOWN NURSERY SCHOOL WEST STREET COLNE
Received 12 Sept 2006SIMONSWOOD MOSS WORKS NORTH PERIMETER ROAD KIRKBY
Received 22 Feb 2010GLENBURN HIGH SCHOOL AND SPORTS COLLEGE YEWDALE SOUTHWAY SKELMERSDALE
Received 20 Oct 2009-
Received 10 Mar 2003PART OF FIELD NO. 4700 SOUTH WEST OF SASWICK HOUSE NEAR ELSWICK
Received 1 Nov 1989Records 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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