Have your say about a planning application

If you wish to make a representation about a planning application, please do so in writing or by email. Representations should be sent to:

The Development Management Group,
PO Box 100
County Hall
Preston
PR1 0LD 

Email: devman@lancashire.gov.uk

You can also make a representation online by clicking on the 'comment on this application' link once you have viewed the application details in our online planning register.

Submitted representations cannot be viewed online. However, you will receive an acknowledgement to any representations that are submitted by email or through our webpage to confirm receipt.

We will not normally enter into correspondence regarding the application or notify you of the decision. However, the decision will be available to view on our website within 5 working days of the date of the decision.

Any views that you make will be considered before a decision is taken and will be summarised in the report that is presented to the Development Control Committee.

As a local planning authority, Lancashire County Council collects, processes and stores personal information about you in order to administer and assess planning applications and fulfil certain legal obligations with respect to planning. This includes any representations that are submitted in response to planning applications. To find out more about how we process and store your data please refer to the county council's privacy notice for Development Management.

Any views you wish to make will be considered before a decision is taken. Find out more about how the decision is taken.

Speaking at the Development Control Committee

If you wish to speak at the committee meeting please complete the request to speak at the meeting of the Development Control Committee form. 

You should register as soon as possible before the meeting but in any event, by no later than 12 noon, 3 clear working days before the committee meeting. Please note that for major applications other timescales may apply.

Lancashire County Council's policy regarding public speaking at the Development Control Committee.