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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Welbeck Careers Centre poulton Road Fleetwood
Received 15 Nov 2001LAND TO THE WEST OF RAMSEY AVENUE PRESTON
Received 29 Apr 2003BOWERHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOWERHAM ROAD, LANCASTER
Received 5 Dec 2012BAINES ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL STATION ROAD THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 18 Oct 2006LAND FORMING PART OF FORMER ICI BURN HALL SITE, THORNTON CLEVELEYS
Received 19 Jan 2010DUXBURY PARK GOLF COURSE DUXBURY HALL ROAD CHORLEY
Received 24 Apr 2012HILLSIDE SPECIAL SCHOOL RIBCHESTER ROAD LONGRIDGE PRESTON
Received 17 May 2007SANDYLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL, HAMPTON ROAD, HEYSHAM.
Received 1 Aug 2013BELLMAN PARK QUARRY CLITHEROE
Received 9 Aug 1979DEERPLAY LANDFILL SITE
Received 20 Apr 2006DOCK ACRES WARTON
Received 6 May 1997TRINITY C OF E/METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, UNITY PLACE, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY
Received 2 Aug 2012CRAWSHAWBOOTH PRIMARYSCHOOL, BURNLEY ROAD, ROSSENDALE
Received 23 Apr 2014ROSEWOOD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROSEWOOD AVENUE, BURNLEY
Received 8 Oct 2015RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS LAND SOUTH OF SCHOOL HOUSE FARM ORMSKIRK ROAD UPHOLLAND
Received 4 Jul 1961MOBILITY CENTRE, 28, FRIARGATE, PRESTON
Received 8 Dec 2014FORMER R.O.F. SITE, EUXTON LANE, CHORLEY
Received 12 Apr 2007Recycling Lives Recycling Park, Longridge Road, Preston
Received 16 Jun 2023DUCKWORTH CLOUGH QUARRY HASLINGDEN
Received 26 May 1951DISUSED RAILWAY LINE FROM ORMSKIRK STATION
Received 14 Feb 2003FORD QUARRY BACUP ROAD BURNLEY
Received 8 Jun 1990LEYLAND LEARNING CENTRE, REDWOOD AVENUE, LEYLAND.
Received 17 Jul 2013County Hall, Pitt Street, Preston
Received 9 Nov 2023RIBBLESDALE CEMENT WORKS, WEST BRADFORD ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 16 Aug 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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