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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.
6,571 approved · 368 refused · 225 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cumberland School Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 14 Jan 201944 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XS
Received 14 Jan 2019Avondale Moss Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SN
Received 14 Jan 2019Outside 132 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 14 Jan 201919 Rydal Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RU
Received 15 Jan 201936 Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NS
Received 15 Jan 201984 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2YB
Received 16 Jan 201986 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZD
Received 16 Jan 20196 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 15 Jan 2019Moss View Farm Wham Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SY
Received 15 Jan 20191 - 3 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QH
Received 17 Jan 2019Cuerden Strategic Site East Of Stanfield Lane Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire PR5 5YG
Received 17 Jan 2019Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 18 Jan 201921 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 18 Jan 20192 Belle Field Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SD
Received 18 Jan 201951 Moorhey Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SS
Received 21 Jan 201911 Tolsey Drive Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SH
Received 21 Jan 2019Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 22 Jan 2019360 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR1 9SR
Received 22 Jan 201935 The Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SU
Received 22 Jan 2019Walton Hall Croft Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 22 Jan 2019Yewdale Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD
Received 21 Jan 201928 The Ferns Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5QT
Received 22 Jan 20197 Parklands Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QN
Received 23 Jan 2019Records 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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