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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HANSON CLAY PRODUCTS ACCRINGTON BRICKWORKS WHINNEY HILL ROAD ACCRINGTON
Received 2 May 2006PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMROSE HILL ROAD EUXTON
Received 23 May 2003CARR FARM, LODGE LANE, BRYING WITH WARTON
Received 4 Dec 2014CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 17 Nov 1989LIBRARY ADELAIDE STREET CRAWSHAWBOOTH
Received 3 Nov 2009Spring Brook Farm Thropps Lane Longton
Received 12 Apr 2000ROUND O QUARRY COBBS BROW LANE LATHOM SKELMERSDALE
Received 30 Sept 2009HAVERHOLT CHILDRENS HOME HAVERHOLT CLOSE COLNE
Received 20 Sept 2006ST PATRICKS SCHOOL HIGHER WALTON ROAD WALTON-LE-DALE PRESTON
Received 7 Sept 2009HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WOOD LANE ALTCAR
Received 10 Mar 2003WHALLEY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL,CHURCH LANE, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 4 Feb 2019THE FOLD VENICE AVENUE BURNLEY
Received 29 Nov 2011UNIT 6 & 7 HOLME ROAD CLAYTON LE MOORS ACCRINGTON
Received 4 Oct 2010CHIPPING BRABINS PRIMARY SCHOOL LONGRIDGE ROAD CHIPPING PRESTON
Received 3 Jul 2006BAMBER BRIDGE CHILDRENS CENTRE, WALTON-LE-DALE ARTS COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL, BRINDLE ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 28 Jul 201098 - 100 Gloucester Avenue. Accrington
Received 15 Mar 2023LYTHAM ST ANNES HIGH TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE WORSLEY ROAD ANSDELL LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 10 Feb 2005KIERBY PERRY YARD OFF WHITEGATE WHITE LUND IND EST MORECAMBE
Received 6 Oct 1997UNIT 12A MOORFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURNLEY ROAD ALTHAM
Received 10 Sept 2007OSBALDESTON PUMPING STATION COMMON LANE OSBALDESTON
Received 19 Jul 2006PENDLE VALE OXFORD ROAD NELSON
Received 9 Feb 2009WIGAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS DEANS LANE HOSCAR
Received 11 Nov 2005LANCASHIRE WASTE RECYCLING, BURN HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE ROAD, FLEETWOOD
Received 21 Mar 2016BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY
Received 14 Nov 2017Records 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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