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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.
7,590 approved · 422 refused · 279 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 2014 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Thornton Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LX
Received 16 Jul 202028A Marshalls Brow Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HY
Received 16 Jul 2020Land Off Oldfield and Long Meadow Oldfield Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 16 Jul 2020Land Off Oldfield and Long Meadow Oldfield Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 16 Jul 202073 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JL
Received 17 Jul 202021 Vicarsfields Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BH
Received 17 Jul 2020Greenfields Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 17 Jul 2020Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 17 Jul 202014A Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 17 Jul 20207 Little Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YL
Received 17 Jul 202020 Bridgeway Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YJ
Received 17 Jul 2020Church Farm Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JQ
Received 17 Jul 202059 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UY
Received 16 Jul 20204 Stiles Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FL
Received 20 Jul 2020Land Rear Of 61 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AA
Received 20 Jul 2020Funeral Parlour The Warren Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1QJ
Received 20 Jul 2020Land At Olive Farm and Land North Of Methuen Drive Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JD
Received 20 Jul 2020Dunnerholme Hennel Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UL
Received 20 Jul 2020144 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SY
Received 20 Jul 2020Morningside Cottage Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 21 Jul 2020Greenacres 57 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 21 Jul 2020Lansdown Garage 150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 21 Jul 202068 Grange Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LP
Received 21 Jul 2020BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 23 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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