Infrastructure projects in Lancashire
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (Development Consent Orders) whose site lies in Lancashire, straight from the Planning Inspectorate register — then the measured distance from any Lancashire postcode.
5 of the 279 projects on the register have their site in Lancashire — 2 tr01 highways, 1 en02 electric lines, 1 en03 underground gas storage facilities, 1 ws01 hazardous waste facilities. By stage: 5 post-decision.
- liveNSIP register, projects located in Lancashire — planning.data.gov.uk — infrastructure-project (Planning Inspectorate)Whole register re-read daily; a project is placed in a county by reverse-geocoding its published centroid
- liveCentroid → council / county — postcodes.io (ONS)
- A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool Improvement Scheme post-decisionTR01 Highways · Fylde · ref TR010035 · on register since 2026-10-16
- Heysham to M6 Link Road post-decisionTR01 Highways · Lancaster · ref TR010008 · on register since 2026-10-16
- EN02 Electric Lines · Fylde · ref EN020032 · on register since 2026-10-16
- Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage post-decisionEN03 Underground Gas Storage Facilities · Wyre · ref EN030001 · on register since 2026-10-16
- Whitemoss Landfill Western Extension post-decisionWS01 Hazardous Waste Facilities · West Lancashire · ref WS010003 · on register since 2026-10-16
These have no postcode within 20 km of their published centroid (typically offshore wind farms or long linear schemes), so they are not assigned to a county. Distance is from the Preston reference point, not from your property.
- Intermodal Logistics Park North · TR05 Rail Freight InterchangesPre-application · 35.2 km
- M60/M62/M66 Simister Island · TR01 Highwayspost-decision · 37.2 km
- Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm · EN01 Generating Stationspost-decision · 45.1 km
- East Irish Sea Transmission Project · EN02 Electric LinesPre-application · 45.9 km
- Mersey Tidal Power Project · EN01 Generating StationsPre-application · 47.2 km
- Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm · EN01 Generating Stationspost-decision · 56.8 km
- A57 Link Roads (previously known as Trans Pennine Upgrade Programme) · TR01 Highwayspost-decision · 56.8 km
- Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets · EN01 Generating Stationspost-decision · 59.9 km
Measure from a Lancashire postcode
The list above says which projects are in the county. The check below says how far each one is from a specific postcode (to the published boundary where one exists). Pre-filled with Preston town centre — replace it with yours.
Live Planning Inspectorate register via planning.data.gov.uk · Try SE1 9SG (Thames Tideway), IP16 4UR (Sizewell C) or TA5 1UD (Hinkley Point C)
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