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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.
6,174 approved · 336 refused · 201 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Doodstone Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TX
Received 28 Dec 201748 Lynton Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4HY
Received 29 Dec 20172 Walkdale Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SY
Received 1 Jan 2018Brook Lodge Huntley Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0TY
Received 22 Dec 201769 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XD
Received 3 Jan 2018117 Croston Road Lostock Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PR
Received 3 Jan 20182 Townlea Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NY
Received 3 Jan 2018Sorbrose House Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 4 Jan 2018Sorbrose House Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 4 Jan 201871 Liverpool Old Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QE
Received 4 Jan 201821 Princess Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 3HN
Received 4 Jan 2018191 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 5 Jan 2018191 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 5 Jan 20185 Towngate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2EN
Received 5 Jan 2018230 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2YE
Received 9 Jan 201816 Walton Gardens Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SF
Received 9 Jan 2018Knight Bottoms Farm Green Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RJ
Received 9 Jan 2018Wade Hall Farm 451 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 9 Jan 2018140 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XY
Received 10 Jan 201821 Princess Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 3HN
Received 10 Jan 2018AB INBEV UK LIMITED Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 10 Jan 2018Scout Hut Smithy Lane Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 11 Jan 20188-12 Spring Lane and Blackburn Waste Water Treatment Works Spring Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UX
Received 11 Jan 2018Cuerden Strategic Site, East Of Stanfield Lane, North Of Clayton Farm, West Of Wigan Road Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 12 Jan 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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