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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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 14 Nov 2002UNITS 11, 12 AND 13 SIMONSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, STOPGATE LANE, SIMONSWOOD
Received 23 Feb 2016FARINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL ROSE STREET FARINGTON
Received 4 Oct 2010SPRINGBANK, WEST STREET, PADIHAM.
Received 4 Mar 2015FIELD OPPOSITE JUNCTION OF WINIFRED LANE AND NARROW LANE, AUGHTON, NEAR ORMSKIRK
Received 17 Apr 2013SUNSHINE CHILDRENS CENTRE BROCKHOLES WOOD SCHOOL BRANT ROAD PRESTON
Received 28 Jul 2010OSWALDTWISTLE P R U SCHOOL UNION ROAD OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 22 Nov 2005HOTHERSALL LODGE HOTHERSALL LANE HOTHERSALL PRESTON
Received 20 Jun 2011BROOKSIDE MILL BROOKSIDE STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 28 Jun 2010ST PETERS C E SCHOOL, CHURCH STREET, BURNLEY
Received 4 Sept 2019ST MARY'S C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL HASLINGDEN OLD ROAD RAWTENSTALL
Received 18 Sept 2003BURSCOUGH VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, COLBURNE CLOSE, BURSCOUGH
Received 27 Jan 2016LOWER BROCKHOLES QUARRY, BROCKHOLES BROW, PRESTON
Received 20 Apr 2021SILVERHELME CAMPSITE THE ROW SILVERDALE
Received 5 Oct 2001LAND FORMING PART OF THE FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 13 Jul 2007VALLEY ROAD WASTE WATER PUMPING STATION VALLEY ROAD PENWORTHAM
Received 7 Oct 2010NORTH CLIFFE BUILDING BLACKBURN OLD ROAD GREAT HARWOOD
Received 29 Apr 2020HASLINGDEN HIGH SCHOOL BROADWAY HASLINGDEN
Received 15 Aug 2003BURSCOUGH VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL, COLBURNE CLOSE, BURSCOUGH
Received 22 Dec 2017PRIMROSE HILL PRIMARY PRIMROSE HILL ROAD EUXTON
Received 25 Feb 2010ABBEY VILLAGE, WITHNELL
Received 24 Sept 1971DALLAS ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, LANCASTER.
Received 16 May 2017WESTBY LANDFILL SITE ANNAS ROAD WESTBY
Received 13 Feb 2009GIFT HALL FARM WINMARLEIGH
Received 20 Dec 1977Records 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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