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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.
7,711 approved · 430 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Willow Cottage 9 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 24 Dec 2020107 Hennel Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UL
Received 25 Dec 202024 The Aspels Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AL
Received 25 Dec 202033 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EL
Received 28 Dec 20205 The Greenacres Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SU
Received 29 Dec 202012 Avocet Court Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7RW
Received 31 Dec 202049 Hastings Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3SP
Received 5 Jan 2021Fields Farm 102 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 5 Jan 2021Advanced Manufacturing Facility Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 5 Jan 202130 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PD
Received 6 Jan 202123 Hampshire Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NJ
Received 6 Jan 2021Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 7 Jan 2021Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 7 Jan 2021Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 7 Jan 202127 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 7 Jan 2021222A Longmeanygate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 8 Jan 202174 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EE
Received 8 Jan 202139 Hazelmere Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7FD
Received 8 Jan 202127 Mead Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3FH
Received 8 Jan 20219 Little Twining Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZU
Received 8 Jan 2021Asda Stores 171 - 177 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TE
Received 11 Jan 2021Asda Stores 171 - 177 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TE
Received 11 Jan 202120 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RB
Received 11 Jan 202132 Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BE
Received 11 Jan 2021Records 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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