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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.
6,945 approved · 394 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fair Acre Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 27 Nov 2019Black Bull Hotel 119 Liverpool Road Longton Lancashire PR4 5AA
Received 27 Nov 20198 Malton Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5NA
Received 28 Nov 201918 Woodland Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JB
Received 28 Nov 2019The Royal Bank Of Scotland 165 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TE
Received 29 Nov 201949 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 8HA
Received 29 Nov 2019Lostock St Gerards Football Club Wateringpool Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 29 Nov 2019Willow Cottage 9 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 2 Dec 201936 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RE
Received 2 Dec 2019Darwen Side Farm Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UA
Received 2 Dec 2019Brookhouse Farm Stanifield Lane Lostock Hall Leyland Lancashire PR5 5XR
Received 2 Dec 201931 Hazel Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YE
Received 2 Dec 201920 Old Hall Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FX
Received 2 Dec 201914 Jersey Fold Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AA
Received 3 Dec 2019South View Thropps Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SL
Received 3 Dec 2019Land Adjacent Woodside Woodside Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 4 Dec 2019Blue Slate Farm Spring Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UX
Received 5 Dec 2019Lesser Marsh Barn Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 5 Dec 201910 Moon Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TX
Received 5 Dec 2019Co-Op Moss Side Village Centre Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SN
Received 5 Dec 2019115 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SQ
Received 5 Dec 2019Sir Robert Peel Victoria Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AY
Received 5 Dec 2019St Marys Church Hall Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 6 Dec 2019St Catherines Hospice Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XU
Received 6 Dec 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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