County council · England
Lancashire
Lancashire is a county council. In a two-tier area the county runs the larger services while district councils run local ones.
What this council is responsible for
Lancashire
County council · E10000017
- Schools and education
- Adult social care
- Children’s services
- Roads and highways
- Waste disposal
- Libraries
- Trading standards
- Public health
Type
County council
Upper tier of two
Official code
E10000017
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Not for most applications; those go to the district councils. County councils decide minerals and waste applications.
12
District councils
198
Postcode sectors
District councils in Lancashire
These councils run planning, bin collection, housing and licensing locally. Lancashire runs the services above.
- BurnleyDistrict council · 14 postcode sectors
- ChorleyDistrict council · 18 postcode sectors
- FyldeDistrict council · 11 postcode sectors
- HyndburnDistrict council · 10 postcode sectors
- LancasterDistrict council · 21 postcode sectors
- PendleDistrict council · 15 postcode sectors
- PrestonDistrict council · 22 postcode sectors
- Ribble ValleyDistrict council · 11 postcode sectors
- RossendaleDistrict council · 13 postcode sectors
- South RibbleDistrict council · 16 postcode sectors
- West LancashireDistrict council · 29 postcode sectors
- WyreDistrict council · 18 postcode sectors
Postcode sectors
Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E10000017.