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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
WORDEN HIGH SCHOOL WESTFIELD DRIVE LEYLAND
Received 16 Mar 2004Morecambe (Middleton) Waste Water Treatment Works Middleton Business Park Morecambe
Received 14 Jan 2002TAYWOOD NURSERY SCHOOL TAY STREET BURNLEY
Received 3 Dec 2003BARNOLDSWICK WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, GREENBERFIELD LANE, BARNOLDSWICK
Received 25 Apr 2002IVY BANK BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE COLLEGE BYRON STREET BURNLEY
Received 22 Jul 2003ELLEL CRAG QUARRY BAY HORSE ROAD GALGATE LANCASTER
Received 24 Jun 2008BACUP NURSERY SCHOOL, COWTOOT LANE, BACUP
Received 16 Dec 2013WASTE TRANSFER STATION REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PRESTON
Received 26 Feb 1996MARSDEN COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL PERCY STREET NELSON
Received 23 Jul 2003PLOT 3.3 BADGER ROAD LANCASHIRE BUSINESS PARK LEYLAND
Received 4 May 2021Parkpit Landfill Ltd Horncliffe Quarry Bury Road Rossendale.
Received 23 Jun 2000TONG FARM TONG LANE BACUP
Received 1 Jun 2010RIBBY SCHOOL DUBSIDE WREA GREEN PRESTON
Received 7 Oct 2010LYNWOOD BLACKPOOL ROAD NEWTON
Received 19 Aug 2010DUNALD MILL QUARRY, LONG DALES LANE, NETHER KELLET
Received 11 Jan 2022UNITS A AND B BRINDLE CLOSE NETWORK 65 BUSINESS PARK BURNLEY
Received 17 Jan 2007WHITE CROSS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SOUTH ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 31 May 2022REEDLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, REEDLEY ROAD, BRIERFIELD.
Received 10 Mar 2015TORRISHOLME COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL LOW LANE TORRISHOLME
Received 16 Feb 2005HILLHOUSE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS WOOD LANE ALTCAR
Received 29 Oct 2003APPLEY BRIDGE DEPOT, APPLEY LANE NORTH, APPLEY BRIDGE, WIGAN.
Received 16 Mar 2016INGOL HWDC TOM BENSON WAY INGOL
Received 24 Mar 2005RECYCLING LIVES LTD, 52/54 KENT STREET, PRESTON
Received 10 Feb 2009WILLOW BRIDGE FARM CATFORTH
Received 15 Aug 2003Records 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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