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4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ELLEL QUARRY GALGATE NEAR LANCASTER
Received 25 Apr 1984LOWER BROCKHOLES FARM BROCKHOLES BROW PRESTON
Received 16 Mar 2010SHERWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, SHERWOOD WAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON
Received 16 Apr 2015BROCKHOLES WOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL BRANT ROAD PRESTON
Received 28 Jul 2010LAND WEST OF WYRESDALE CRESCENT SCORTON
Received 23 Mar 1981LANEHEAD QUARRY, CLITEHROE
Received 9 Sept 2011THE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL RUTLAND STREET COLNE
Received 15 Nov 2011LOWER TOWNELEY PLAYING FIELDS TOWNELEY HOLMES ROAD BURNLEY
Received 6 Mar 2007WESTHEAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, CASTLE LANE, WESTHEAD,ORMSKIRK
Received 18 Oct 2022TORRISHOLME PRIMARY SCHOOL LOW LANE TORRISHOLME
Received 29 Feb 2008SITE OF FORMER HUNCOAT POWER STATION HUNCOAT AND LAND TO THE WEST OF THE A56 NEAR HUNCOAT
Received 3 Aug 2005Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
Received 20 Oct 2025SPURN CLOUGH MOOR ISLES FARM NEAR BURNLEY
Received 23 Jun 2003ADJACENT TO 29 BARTON ROAD SCOTFORTH
Received 9 Aug 2004RAVENHEAD BRICKWORKS CHEQUER LANE UPHOLLAND
Received 3 Jul 1990NORDEN HIGH SCHOOL AND SPORTS COLLEGE STOURTON STREET RISHTON
Received 27 Jun 2008SAND AND GRAVEL QUARRY, RIGBY HOUSE FARM, ADLINGTON
Received 2 Apr 1948Land adjacent to M6 Motorway at Borwick near Carnforth
Received 16 Feb 1998Metro Metals Former Michelin Club, Widow Hill Road, Burnley, BB10 2TJ
Received 14 Apr 2026LORD STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL, LORD STREET, COLNE
Received 22 Jun 2015RHYDDINGS BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE SCHOOL HAWORTH STREET OSWALDTWISTLE
Received 10 Feb 2020JAMESON ROAD - NORTH AREA
Received 3 Apr 2002MOORGATE NURSERY MOORGATE ORMSKIRK
Received 6 Oct 2005THE MOUNDS NIPE LANE SKELMERSDALE
Received 7 Apr 1999Records 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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