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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
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Received 26 Jul 2010MORECAMBE ROAD SCHOOL MORECAMBE ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 24 May 2006Westgate Primary School, Langridge Way, Morecambe, LA4 4XF
Received 24 Nov 2025WESTWOOD CP SCHOOL, WESTWOOD ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE
Received 15 Sept 2011TOWER HOUSE, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 11 May 2018TOLLGATE ROAD BURSCOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURSCOUGH NR ORMSKIRK
Received 21 May 2002High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received Not publishedSIMONSWOOD MOSS, NORTH PERIMETER ROAD, KNOWSLEY INDUSTRIAL PARK, KIRKBY
Received 3 Jan 2017WEST BRADFORD ROAD WORKS CLITHEROE
Received 15 Nov 1982LITTLE QUARRIES, HILL TOP LANE, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY
Received 22 Sept 2008BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS SPRING LANE NABS HEAD SAMLESBURY
Received 24 Jan 2005SALT AYRE CLOSED LANDFILL SITE, OVANGLE ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 4 Jul 2022ADLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL PARK ROAD ADLINGTON
Received 14 May 2004NORRIS FARM, DOWNHOLLAND MOSS LANE, FORMBY
Received 21 Sept 2011W B NELSON'S MILL HIGHER WALTON PRESTON
Received 25 Sept 2003NEWBRIDGE FARM SIMONSWOOD
Received 22 Dec 1997GRIMSARGH ST MICHAELS CHURCH, PRESTON ROAD, GRIMSARGH, PRESTON
Received 22 Jul 2013PENDLE VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL, GIBFIELD ROAD, COLNE
Received 6 Apr 2022ST LEONARDS C OF E PRIMARY, MOOR LANE, PADIHAM, BURNLEY.
Received 6 Mar 2014Hillam lane Farm Cockerham Lancaster
Received 2 Jun 2000ST WILFRIDS SCHOOL ST WILFRIDS TERRACE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON.
Received 4 Apr 2014ELM TREE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, ELMERS WOOD, SKELMERSDALE
Received 22 Oct 2015KELBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL STREET, KELBROOK
Received 5 Jan 2015HORROCKSBANK FARM HORROCKS FOLD CLITHEROE
Received 31 Aug 2004Records 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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