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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Ribble Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,320 approved · 347 refused · 211 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Received 14 Feb 2018Hurst Grange Lodge Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 15 Feb 2018Oakmount Day Nursery Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AN
Received 15 Feb 201857A Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LE
Received 14 Feb 20188B Centurion Court Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UQ
Received 15 Feb 2018Nabs Head Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 15 Feb 20189 Argyle Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LL
Received 15 Feb 201823 Gleneagles Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JT
Received 16 Feb 201825 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NP
Received 16 Feb 2018Wilbank House Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 19 Feb 201823 Alpine Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LN
Received 19 Feb 201811B Preston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4NT
Received 19 Feb 201852 Blundell Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AX
Received 20 Feb 2018Smiths Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 20 Feb 201869 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XD
Received 20 Feb 201816 Lulworth Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TH
Received 20 Feb 2018Silverholme Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4EP
Received 22 Feb 2018Silverholme Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4EP
Received 22 Feb 2018100 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 22 Feb 201825 Gorsewood Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RE
Received 23 Feb 2018The Old Orchard Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 23 Feb 2018Land Adjacent Barn Flatt Close Higher Walton Lancashire
Received 23 Feb 201886 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 23 Feb 2018Unit 1A Balfour Court Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2TF
Received 23 Feb 2018Records 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 South Ribble Borough 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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