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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.
7,606 approved · 423 refused · 280 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 20 Aug 2020166 Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PD
Received 20 Aug 2020Land Adjacent To 195 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 21 Aug 2020Roach Bridge Farm Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UA
Received 21 Aug 2020Lesser Marsh Barn Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 24 Aug 20203 Charnock Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9NT
Received 24 Aug 2020Oakland Farm Hollins Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 8LJ
Received 24 Aug 20203 Osbert Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BN
Received 24 Aug 202029 Highfield Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GP
Received 24 Aug 2020Oak House 42 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 25 Aug 202028 Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE
Received 25 Aug 202011 The Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SU
Received 26 Aug 2020Land At Bannister Lane Farington Moss Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 22 Aug 2020Coopers Oak 19 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 26 Aug 20206 Brookdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DU
Received 26 Aug 202034 Blundell Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AX
Received 28 Aug 2020135A Clydesdale Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QS
Received 31 Aug 2020Ledmeadow 42 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 31 Aug 20207 Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SY
Received 31 Aug 202030 Holland House Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JG
Received 31 Aug 202020A Centurion Way Industrial Estate Centurion Way Farington Preston Lancashire PR25 3GR
Received 1 Sept 202038 & 40 Rookery Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LU
Received 1 Sept 2020Fieldside Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP
Received 2 Sept 2020The Poplars Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 3 Sept 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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