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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.
6,335 approved · 349 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adjacent Barn Flatt Close Higher Walton Lancashire
Received 26 Feb 20182 Bleasdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JQ
Received 26 Feb 2018Woodlands Farm Cocker Bar Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TA
Received 26 Feb 201886 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 23 Feb 2018Cuerden Strategic Site, East Of Stanfield Lane, North Of Clayton Farm, West Of Wigan Road Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 26 Feb 20186 Birkdale Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YH
Received 28 Feb 2018Land South Of Orchard Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 28 Feb 201821 Aspels Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AN
Received 27 Feb 201845 Hayfield Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AU
Received 27 Feb 201818A Church Brow Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BH
Received 1 Mar 2018Chain House Nursery Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 1 Mar 2018Penwortham Bypass From Liverpool Road To Golden Way Penwortham Lancashire
Received 1 Mar 2018479 - 480 Ranglet Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AX
Received 2 Mar 20187 Denbigh Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YY
Received 2 Mar 2018South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 5 Mar 20181 Willow Way New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YQ
Received 5 Mar 20183 Mornington Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XA
Received 1 Mar 2018Edenfield Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LA
Received 5 Mar 201819 Riverside Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RQ
Received 5 Mar 2018Verge On East Side Of Holt Brow Leyland Lancashire
Received 5 Mar 201819 Meadows Reach Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XG
Received 5 Mar 2018169-171 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 6 Mar 2018Land Off Higher Walton Road Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 7 Mar 201813 Hazelwood Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RH
Received 5 Mar 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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