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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
APPLEY ROAD
Received 1 Nov 1948OSWALDTWISTLE PRU SCHOOL UNION ROAD OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 22 Aug 2006MARSH LANE/WEST STRAND PRESTON
Received 3 Nov 2009LEVER HOUSE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRISTOL AVENUE, FARINGTON
Received 27 Apr 2022LATHOM PARK PRIMARY HALL LANE ORMSKIRK
Received 25 May 2010MORECAMBE METALS LTD, NORTHGATE, WHITE LUND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE MORECAMBE
Received 17 Aug 2011CALDER HOUSE SOUTH LANCASHIRE AREA TEAM OFFICE HIGHFIELD ROAD NORTH CHORLEY
Received 29 Jan 2003Traveller Site Leighton Street Preston
Received 28 Nov 2001NORDEN HIGH SCHOOL AND SPORT COLLEGE STOURTON STREET RISHTON
Received 21 Jun 2012MIDDLE HILL QUARRIES SHAWFORTH WHITWORTH
Received 9 Nov 2006LAND WITHIN SCOUT MOOR QUARRY, SCOUT ROAD, RAMSBOTTOM
Received 2 Aug 2018LARCHES AVENUE ASHTON PRESTON
Received 18 Oct 2007LAND EAST OF WORDEN AND BUCKSHAW WOODS ROYAL ORDNANCE SITE EUXTON
Received 30 Dec 2004DALTON QUARRY/BRICKWORKS LEES LANE DALTON
Received 16 Jun 1997KENYON LANE CHORLEY
Received 13 Mar 2008HOWICK CE PRIMARY SCHOOL LIVERPOOL ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 20 Sept 2005SCOUT MOOR QUARRY
Received 29 Oct 2009BAINES ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL STATION ROAD THORNTON - CLEVELEYS
Received 25 Oct 2010Fletcher Bank Quarry, Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, BL0 0DD
Received 29 Oct 2025SPRINGFIELD ENVIRONMENT LTD, APPLEY BRIDGE DEPOT, APPLEY LANE NORTH, APPLEY BRIDGE, WIGAN
Received 4 Nov 2013FISHWICK BOTTOMS AREA OF PRESTON FROM WATERY LANE TO A59 BROCKHOLES BROW
Received 16 Jul 2002Yew Tree Farm, Higgins Lane, Burscough
Received 27 Oct 2022Strike Lane Primary School, Strike Lane, Freckleton, PR4 1HR
Received 15 Mar 2007Solrec
Received 18 Jun 1998Records 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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