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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.
7,015 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old School House Church Brow Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BH
Received 20 Mar 2020Orchard Lea Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 20 Mar 2020Land Adjacent To Langdale Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 20 Mar 2020Olive Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JD
Received 23 Mar 202011 The Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UU
Received 23 Mar 202080 Whitefield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QQ
Received 23 Mar 2020105 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 23 Mar 2020Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 24 Mar 2020Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 24 Mar 202095 Hampshire Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NJ
Received 25 Mar 202045 Arrowsmith Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0DT
Received 25 Mar 202042 Hennel Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4LD
Received 25 Mar 202046 Park Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JB
Received 25 Mar 202055 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 25 Mar 2020Casa Mia 54 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 26 Mar 20204 Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7UX
Received 26 Mar 2020The Annexe 2 Stanley Road Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4RH
Received 27 Mar 20204 Mornington Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XA
Received 30 Mar 202029 Green Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RD
Received 30 Mar 20201 Forest Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5QX
Received 30 Mar 2020102 Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AS
Received 30 Mar 202040 Selkirk Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TL
Received 30 Mar 2020Rosedale Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 30 Mar 202032 Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BE
Received 31 Mar 2020Records 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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