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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 12 Jun 1996ROSSENDALE FAMILY SUPPORT RESOURCE CENTRE, NEWCHURCH ROAD, RAWTENSTALL, BB4 7QX
Received 23 Oct 2008LAND ADJOINING TENNIS CENTRE FIRE STATION AND LANCASHIRE COUNTY ENGINEERING SERVICES AREA SOUTH CUERDEN MILL DEPOT HOLME ROAD BAMBER BRIDGE PRESTON
Received 5 Jun 2004PENWORTHAM BYPASS - FROM A582 BROAD OAK ROUNDABOUT CONNECTING TO A59 BETWEEN HOWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BLACKHURST COTTAGES.
Received 28 Nov 2017KINGDOM HALL RESOURCE CENTRE DANIELS LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 8 Feb 2007LAND AT EUXTON NEAR CHORLEY (RUNSHAW QUARRY)
Received 3 Feb 2009CROW ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE CHAPEL HOUSE SKELMERSDALE
Received 17 Aug 2009LAND OFF LEA ROAD AND SIDGREAVES LANE, PRESTON
Received 2 Sept 2022LAND TO EAST OF SALTCOTES ROAD AND SOUTH OF MAIN DRAIN LYTHAM
Received 8 May 1967LAND BETWEEN SHARPLES LANE AND A586 (TARNACRE LANE) ST MICHAELS ON WYRE GARSTANG
Received 15 Sept 2009LOWER BROCKHOLES QUARRY, BROCKHOLES BROW, PRESTON
Received 25 May 2018LONGRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL PRESTON ROAD LONGRIDGE
Received 25 Oct 2004Manor Beach County Primary School, Manor Drive, Thornton Cleveleys
Received 9 Nov 2022WHITEFIELD SCHOOL WHITEFIELD ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 26 Mar 2003THE BIRCHES RIBBLETON LANE PRESTON
Received 29 Jun 2011CENTRAL QUARRIES APPLAY BRIDGE
Received 28 Nov 1948JOHN CROSS C OF E SCHOOL GARSTANG ROAD BILSBORROW
Received 10 Jun 2019DOWNHOLLAND HASKAYNE VOLUNTARY AIDED C OF E SCHOOL BLACK-A-MOOR LANE DOWNHOLLAND ORMSKIRK
Received 3 Nov 2004CLIFTON MARSH LANDFILL SITE, LYTHAM ROAD, CLIFTON
Received 8 Nov 2013HILLAM LANE FARM, HILLAM LANE, COCKERHAM, LANCASTER
Received 19 Sept 2011UNIT 3 GROVE MILL GROVE LANE PADIHAM
Received 20 Jan 2012RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 14 Jun 2019RIGBY HOUGHTON LANDFILL CHORLEY ROAD STANDISH
Received 12 Mar 2008SCOUT MOOR QUARRY
Received 15 Feb 2010Records 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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