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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.
7,066 approved · 400 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Rockburgh Crescent Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5RD
Received 30 Jun 2020Weavers Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 30 Jun 2020Land At Bannister Lane Farington Moss Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 30 Jun 20206 South View Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5HE
Received 30 Jun 20204 Priors Oak Cottages Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BE
Received 1 Jul 20202 Grange Park Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JS
Received 1 Jul 20201 Lime Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PL
Received 1 Jul 2020Land Adjacent To Penny Barn Carr Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TH
Received 2 Jul 2020Woodfold Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 2 Jul 2020Simpsons Farm Dark Wood Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RH
Received 2 Jul 202060 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EJ
Received 29 Jun 2020264 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 2 Jul 20207 Avalwood Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FD
Received 2 Jul 2020Land Adj Brookfield 66 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 3 Jul 2020Brookfield Mill Lane Farington Moss Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PS
Received 3 Jul 2020126 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QJ
Received 6 Jul 20208 School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JS
Received 6 Jul 202016 The Heritage Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ZJ
Received 6 Jul 2020Snaylam Farm 53 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GA
Received 6 Jul 2020Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 6 Jul 2020Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 6 Jul 2020Building 3.2 Badger Road Lancashire Enterprise Business Park Farington Preston Lancashire PR26 6AD
Received 7 Jul 2020Blakey Hey Farm Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RP
Received 7 Jul 202022 Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SY
Received 7 Jul 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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