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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 24 Sept 2009FORD QUARRY BACUP ROAD CLIVIGER BURNLEY
Received 22 Oct 1984COMMON BANK WORKS, COMMON BANK LANE, CHORLEY
Received 21 Sept 2020MILBANKE CARE HOME STATION ROAD KIRKHAM
Received 8 Jun 2004BACK LANE HIGH ROADS QUARRY NETHER KELLET CARNFORTH
Received 15 Nov 2004RED SCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 12 May 1988Forton Waste Water Treatment Works, Hollins Lane, Forton
Received 4 Jan 2024Waddington Fell Quarry, Slaidburn Road,Waddington
Received 30 Jan 2023RECREATIONAL LAND TO THE EAST OF BARTON ROAD LANCASTER
Received 21 Aug 2018GARSTANG ROAD EAST POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 8 Aug 2007SHERWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL SHERWOOD WAY FULWOOD PRESTON
Received 10 Mar 2006Northern Transits UK, Unit F1, Riverside Industrial Estate, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4NF
Received 27 Mar 2007CROSSWAYS DAY CENTRE, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND
Received 5 Jul 2012WHITE MOSS HORTICULTURE, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KNOWSLEY INDUSTRIAL PARK, KIRKBY
Received 23 Jan 2017TRINITY C OF E METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, UNITY PLACE, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE
Received 13 Apr 2015Lanehead and Bellman Quarries, Ribblesdale Works, Clitheroe
Received 14 Aug 2026WILPSHIRE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, RIBCHESTER ROAD, WILPSHIRE
Received 16 Dec 2021DOCKACRES BORWICK LANE BORWICK
Received 18 May 2006HARRIS PRIMARY SCHOOL, WYCHNOR, FULWOOD,PRESTON
Received 23 Sept 2014FORMER BRIERFIELD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORK CLITHEROE ROAD BRIERFIELD
Received 1 Nov 2002GILLIBRAND PRIMARY SCHOOL GROSVENOR ROAD CHORLEY
Received 2 Aug 2010Scout Moor Quarry Ramsbottom
Received 11 Mar 1996WEST LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, CHAPEL HOUSE, SKELMERSDALE
Received 1 Apr 2019WITHNELL WASTE DISPOSAL SITE BOLTON ROAD ABBEY VILLAGE NEAR CHORLEY
Received 18 Oct 1983Records 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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