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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.
6,749 approved · 377 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Eagle and Child Hotel 30 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AA
Received 20 Aug 20191 - 3 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QH
Received 20 Aug 2019All Hallows Roman Catholic High School Crabtree Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LN
Received 21 Aug 20192 Pembroke Place Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EH
Received 25 Jun 201914 Monks Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AQ
Received 19 Jul 2019Carver Hey Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 21 Aug 201916 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JH
Received 22 Aug 20192 Stanley Road Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4RH
Received 23 Aug 20192 Stanley Road Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4RH
Received 23 Aug 201915 Old School Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SS
Received 23 Aug 2019Preston Scania 514 Four Oaks Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BW
Received 26 Aug 2019St Annes Roman Catholic School Slater Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TL
Received 27 Aug 2019St Catherines Roman Catholic Primary School Moss Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SJ
Received 28 Aug 2019188 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TP
Received 28 Aug 201910A Riverside Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ES
Received 28 Aug 2019Land Adjacent To 136 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire
Received 29 Aug 201919 Ridge Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XW
Received 30 Aug 201913 Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 2 Sept 20193 Hall Carr Court Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AW
Received 2 Sept 201910 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 3 Sept 2019Jayne Miller Ltd 7 Hope Terrace Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RU
Received 3 Sept 201919 Ridge Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XW
Received 3 Sept 2019287 Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HU
Received 3 Sept 2019Clive Hurt (Plant Hire) Ltd Sandham House Red Rose Drive Lancashire Enterprise Business Park Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TJ
Received 4 Sept 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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