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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fleetwood High School Broadway Fleetwood.
Received 6 Apr 2001BROADGATE, RIVERSIDE AND RIVERSIDE ROAD PRESTON
Received 14 Mar 2022HALA SQUARE, LANCASTER
Received 28 Mar 2014WHITTLEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL TABOR STREET BURNLEY
Received 2 Aug 2004CATLOW QUARRIES SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 30 Dec 1966COUNTY HALL COMPLEX PITT STREET PRESTON
Received 20 Feb 2003WHITEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL WHITEFIELD ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 21 Nov 2002WEETON PRIMARY SCHOOL, GRANTHAM ROAD, WEETON
Received 1 Oct 2019RUFFORD C OF E PRIMARY FLASH LANE RUFFORD ORMSKIRK
Received 8 Feb 2011GRASSED AREA TO THE WEST AND EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF POWIS ROAD AND WATERY LANE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 22 Mar 2011BACK LANE QUARRY, NETHER KELLET, CARNFORTH
Received 30 Oct 2013PRESTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, FRECKLETON
Received 14 Oct 2021HOTHERSALL LODGE FIELD CENTRE HOTHERSALL LANE LONGRIDGE
Received 23 Jun 2005SOUTHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL CLOVER ROAD CHORLEY
Received 7 Nov 2011PRIMROSE HILL COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMROSE HILL ROAD, EUXTON
Received 4 May 2022Leapers Wood Quarry, Carnforth
Received 19 Jan 1990RIGBY HOUGHTON HOUSE LANDFILL SITE CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH
Received 9 Jan 2012HILLAM LANE FARM, HILLAM LANE, COCKERHAM
Received 12 Sept 2017COLNE PRIMET HIGH SCHOOL DENT STREET COLNE
Received 6 Dec 2002LOWER BROCKHOLES FARM PRESTON
Received 11 Mar 2005LONGRIDGE PRIMARY BERRY LANE LONGRIDGE
Received 6 Oct 2009LAND BOUNDED BY BROAD WAY BROAD STREET STANWORTH ROAD RAILWAY STREET AND THE EXISTING RAILWAY LINE TO THE SOUTH
Received 12 Nov 2004LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 10 Apr 2007GLENBURN HIGH SCHOOL AND SPORTS COLLEGE, YEWDALE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 13 Mar 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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