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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.
7,746 approved · 432 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
270 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 10 Feb 2021Brook Vale Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JP
Received 10 Feb 2021Newlands Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 10 Feb 2021Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 10 Feb 2021Hutton Grammar School Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5SN
Received 10 Feb 202114 Pendlebury Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YT
Received 5 Feb 2021261 Carnfield Place Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AN
Received 11 Feb 202139 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 11 Feb 202183 Great Gill Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QP
Received 11 Feb 2021Marsh House 1 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 11 Feb 2021Marsh House 1 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 11 Feb 2021242 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LA
Received 11 Feb 202113 Ryden Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZL
Received 11 Feb 2021The Almonds Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RQ
Received 11 Feb 2021Langdale Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 11 Feb 2021Proposed Agricultual Building Factory Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 11 Feb 2021Farington County Primary School Rose Street Farington Preston Lancashire PR25 4GH
Received 12 Feb 20211 Maureen Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BN
Received 12 Feb 2021417 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TA
Received 12 Feb 2021Funeral Parlour The Warren Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1QJ
Received 12 Feb 2021Hiltons Farm Land and Buildings To The Rear Of Hiltons Farm Jane Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TQ
Received 12 Feb 202143 Lindle Crescent Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AP
Received 12 Feb 202143 Lindle Crescent Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AP
Received 12 Feb 202127 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DP
Received 12 Feb 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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