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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, GREENBERFIELD LANE, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 7 Apr 2021MANOR BEACH COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, MANOR DRIVE, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS
Received 11 Apr 2022LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BOOTH ROAD WATERFOOT
Received 22 Mar 2010ROEBUCK PRIMARY SCHOOL SPACE FOR SPORTS AND ARTS PARKER STREET
Received 25 Apr 2006CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL LYTHAM ROAD FRECKLETON
Received 14 Oct 2002EAST QUARRY, APPLEY LANE NORTH, APPLEY BRIDGE
Received 14 Aug 2019LAND SOUTH OF GRANGE ROAD, SINGELTON
Received 20 Dec 2011CATLOW QUARRY CATLOW FOLD FARM SOUTHFIELD LANE SOUTHFIELD BURNLEY
Received 22 Dec 2020TORRISHOLME COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL LOW LANE MORECAMBE
Received 26 Jun 2003PART OF FIELD NUMBER 6632 ADJACENT TO WENNINGTON HALL LODGE LANE WENNINGTON
Received 8 Jun 2005WESTHEAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, CASTLE LANE, WESTHEAD, ORMSKIRK
Received 19 Apr 2022BRIDGE STREET CHURCH
Received 12 Feb 199827 STOCKBRIDGE ROAD, PADIHAM, BURNLEY.
Received 18 Nov 2013LAND OFF KENYON LANE CHORLEY
Received 4 Dec 2007GISBURN ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL GISBURN ROAD BARNOLDSWICK
Received 27 Feb 2007BECCONSALL EXPLORATION SITE, OFF BONNY BARN ROAD, HUNDRED END, BANKS
Received 26 Jan 2017TOR VIEW SCHOOL, EWOOD CAMPUS, CLOD LANE HASLINGDEN
Received 15 Mar 2016WHITEGATE CHILDRENS CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, PADIHAM, BURNLEY.
Received 24 Mar 2014LODGE LANE SINGLETON
Received 15 Nov 2005CLAYTON HALL WASTE MANAGEMENT SITE DAWSON LANE WHITTLE-LE-WOODS
Received 10 Feb 2005GREENBANK QUARRY
Received 30 Apr 1947FAIRFIELD NURSERY FAIRFIELD STREET ACCRINGTON
Received 10 Dec 2002HILLSIDE SPECIAL SCHOOL, RIBCHESTER ROAD, HOTHERSALL
Received 31 Jul 2017RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 31 Jul 1970Records 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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