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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.
6,707 approved · 377 refused · 234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakland Farm Hollins Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 8LJ
Received 9 Jul 2019Flowerdown Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 10 Jul 2019Wellington Park Church Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3AB
Received 10 Jul 2019Unit 32 Marathon Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QN
Received 10 Jul 20192 Queensway Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EH
Received 10 Jul 2019The Knoll Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 11 Jul 20196 Longhirst Close Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7LG
Received 11 Jul 2019St Marys Church Hall Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 11 Jul 201911 The Cloisters Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SZ
Received 11 Jul 2019BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 12 Jul 2019Grove Cottage Slater Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TN
Received 12 Jul 2019Holly House Farm Bradkirk Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ZQ
Received 12 Jul 201966 Stanley Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JJ
Received 12 Jul 2019154 Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PA
Received 10 Jul 2019Rear Of Hilton Farm 2 Jane Lane Midge Hall Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 6TQ
Received 12 Jul 2019Drumacre Hall Stud Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 11 Jul 201942 School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QD
Received 15 Jul 201942 School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QD
Received 15 Jul 2019Parklands 38 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 15 Jul 20191 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DP
Received 15 Jul 201937 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2ED
Received 15 Jul 2019Greenacres 57 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 15 Jul 2019Land To Rear Of 101 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SN
Received 15 Jul 201911 Highfield Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UX
Received 15 Jul 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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