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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
CHAUCER PRIMARY CHAUCER ROAD FLEETWOOD
Received 9 Sept 2009LAND ADJACENT TO BROUGHTON BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE BROUGHTON PRESTON
Received 19 Jul 2011LAND OFF NEWCHURCH ROAD STACKSTEADS RAWTENSTALL
Received 15 Oct 2010LAND AT BUTCHERS FARM WORSTHORNE
Received 14 Aug 2006JUNCTION OF WATERY LANE AND STRAND ROAD PRESTON
Received 31 Jul 2012FRENCHWOOD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL FRENCHWOOD KNOLL PRESTON
Received 26 Nov 2003BACUP NURSERY COWTOOT LANE BACUP
Received 2 Apr 2004BOWERHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 20 Nov 2013LAND TO THE NORTH OF EAVES BROOK WATLING STREET ROAD FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 25 Nov 2010HORSE BRIDGE DYKE ADJACENT TO HORSE BRIDGE ROAD NORMOSS
Received 13 Sept 2002SHERDLEY FARM RATTEN LANE HUTTON PRESTON
Received 19 Oct 2004REAR OF 133 BOWERHAM ROAD LANCASTER
Received 25 Nov 2003PREESE HALL EXPLORATION SITE C/O PREESE HALL FARM WEETON KIRKHAM PRESTON
Received 31 Jul 2009COTESTONES LANDFILL SANDY LANE WARTON CARNFORTH
Received 24 Jun 2008FARINGTON HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE FLENSBURG WAY PRESTON
Received 4 Jan 2012LAND AT SIMONSWOOD MOSS KIRKBY
Received 7 Apr 2020ST MICHAELS PUMPING STATION OFF GARSTANG ROAD ST MICHAELS
Received 10 Aug 2009HIGHAM ST JOHN C E PRIMARY SCHOOL HIGHAM HALL ROAD HIGHAM
Received 11 Jul 2008BEAUMONT VIEW CARE HOME STRATFORD CLOSE LANCASTER
Received 29 Dec 2005Chipping Wastewater Treatment Works Longridge Road, Chipping Preston
Received 28 Nov 2023HABERGHAM HIGH SCHOOL KIDDROW LANE BURNLEY
Received 19 Jan 2006MAYFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL ST LEONARDS ROAD EAST ST ANNES
Received 2 Aug 2002SHOP PREMISES 14 OWEN ROAD SKERTON LANCASTER
Received 9 Feb 2004NELSON YOUTH CENTRE LEEDS ROAD NELSON
Received 1 Mar 2010Records 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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