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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 2 GREEN LANE WEST GARSTANG
Received 30 Dec 2004PENDLE VIEW PRIMARY, GIBFIELD ROAD, COLNE.
Received 6 Nov 2013BROCKHOLES QUARRY
Received 17 Apr 1998MOORFIELD SCHOOL MOOR PARK PRESTON
Received 19 May 2004CONDOR GREEN
Received 11 Jul 2001THE WESTFIELD CENTRE WORDEN HIGH SCHOOL REDWOOD AVENUE LEYLAND
Received 22 Jan 2003MOORFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BURNLEY ROAD ALTHAM
Received 13 Aug 1990JAMESTONE QUARRY - WHOLE SITE
Received 14 Dec 199956-64 Willow Lane, Lancaster
Received 2 May 2023BRADLEYS NURSERY SCHOOL, BRADLEY ROAD, NELSON.
Received 4 Feb 2013ORCHARD END EAGLAND HILL GARSTANG
Received 25 Sept 2003LAND OFF ENNERDALE ADJACENT TO TANHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE SKELMERSDALE
Received 18 Nov 2003RYELANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL TORRISHOLME ROAD LANCASTER
Received 14 Jul 2004CLAUGHTON MOOR QUARRY
Received 27 Jun 1988ALDER GRANGE COMMUNITY AND TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE CALDER ROAD OFF HOLLIN LANE RAWTENSTALL
Received 23 Dec 2004CROW ORCHARD COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 16 Oct 2002HARRISONS FARM ADLINGTON CHORLEY
Received 17 Sept 2004COWLING FARM CHORLEY
Received 15 Jul 2005VICTORIA HOTEL NEAR GLASSON DOCK
Received 23 Jul 2001LAND AT LUNE STREET, LANCASTER
Received 9 Nov 2011Hillam Lane Farm, Cockerham
Received 9 Aug 1999High roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received 24 May 1960BAINES ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL STATION ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 29 Nov 2007GARSTANG WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, AINSPOOL LANE, CHURCHTOWN, PRESTON
Received 17 Nov 2017Records 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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