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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
EDGE END HIGH SCHOOL HIBSON ROAD NELSON
Received 21 Jul 2003STONEYHOLME PRIMARY AND NURSERY CALDERVIEW AND WESTWAY SPECIAL SCHOOLS MARCH STREET BURNLEY
Received 16 Dec 2003HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRE, CHAPEL HILL ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 2 Dec 2014WHITELEDGE DAY CENTRE SPENCERS LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 28 Apr 2006MCMILLAN NURSERY SCHOOL RAILWAY STREET NELSON
Received 22 Sept 2004THE COPPICE SCHOOL ASH GROVE BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 27 Apr 2005PRESTON PLASTICS, LANCASTER ROAD, OUT RAWCLIFFE
Received 5 Sept 2012THE HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOL, HOLLINS LANE, BAXENDEN
Received 17 Dec 2001LEVEL ONE HARPERS MILL WHITE CROSS LANCASTER
Received 15 Jan 2004Cuerden Strategic Site, East of Stanifield Lane, North of Clayton Farm, West of Wigan Road, Lostock Lane, Lostock Hall, PR5 5XQ
Received 4 Dec 2024FOULDREY AVENUE POULTON LE FYLDE
Received 13 Aug 2007LAND EAST OF WORDEN / BUCKSHAW WOODS ROYAL ORDANANCE SITE EUXTON LANE CHORLEY
Received 26 Feb 2009CRIBDEN HOUSE SCHOOL HASLINGDEN ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 26 Apr 2005Ribblesdale High School Clitheroe
Received 8 Nov 2001BARTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, STATION ROAD, BARTON
Received 14 Nov 2018ROEBUCK SPORTS AND ART CENTRE PRESTON
Received 21 Jan 2004UNIT 9 ABBEY LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BURSCOUGH
Received 23 Jul 1996FORMER TOMMY BALLS WAREHOUSE ROUGH HEY ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 17 Jan 2005LONGRIDGE CIVIC CENTRE CALDER AVENUE LONRIDGE
Received 8 Aug 2007UNIT D12 REDSCAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LONGRIDGE ROAD PRESTON
Received 25 Feb 2004St Josephs R C School, Whalley Road, Hurst Green, Lancashire
Received 14 Nov 2022BLACKBURN WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, CUERDALE LANE, SAMLESBURY.
Received 16 Dec 2016LAND BETWEEN SHARPLES LANE AND A586 (TARNACRE LANE) ST MICHAELS ON WYRE GARSTANG
Received 17 Nov 2010UNIT 3D/3E BOLTON AVENUE HUNCOAT ACCRINGTON
Received 24 Oct 2007Records 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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