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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.
7,670 approved · 430 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AA
Received 17 Nov 2020The Almonds Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RQ
Received 17 Nov 202037 Clifton Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ES
Received 18 Nov 2020Grove Cottage Slater Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TN
Received 18 Nov 20209 Walmer Green Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5RB
Received 18 Nov 2020The Willows Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 19 Nov 202023 Bannister Hall Crescent Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EQ
Received 19 Nov 2020200 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SP
Received 20 Nov 2020412 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SA
Received 20 Nov 202015 Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AN
Received 20 Nov 2020Yew Tree Farm Fowler Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR25 3RJ
Received 20 Nov 2020352 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 20 Nov 2020Land At Bannister Lane Farington Moss Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 23 Nov 2020Holly House Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 23 Nov 202011 Darwen View Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JT
Received 24 Nov 2020Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 24 Nov 202084 Turpin Green Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3HD
Received 24 Nov 2020Land To The North Of Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 24 Nov 20204 Tuson Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AR
Received 24 Nov 202073 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4UY
Received 25 Nov 202011A Smithy Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GN
Received 25 Nov 20201 Cheetham Meadow Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7UA
Received 25 Nov 202013 Brownedge Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 4UJ
Received 25 Nov 202011 Cavendish Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4GP
Received 26 Nov 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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