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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.
7,748 approved · 432 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Cloughfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FF
Received 12 Feb 2021Land To The East Of Hoghton Lane Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Lancashire
Received 15 Feb 202180 Alder Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AE
Received 15 Feb 2021Orchard End 57 Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 15 Feb 2021Whiteacre Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NS
Received 15 Feb 202135 Walton Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XR
Received 15 Feb 2021Woodlands Farm Cocker Bar Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TA
Received 16 Feb 2021Woodlands Farm Cocker Bar Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TA
Received 16 Feb 2021Willow House Penwortham Way Farington Preston Lancashire PR4 4LF
Received 16 Feb 202143 Highgate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DU
Received 16 Feb 2021302 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AB
Received 16 Feb 20215 South Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BB
Received 17 Feb 202113 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XE
Received 17 Feb 2021South View (west Side) 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 3 Feb 2021South View (East Side) 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 3 Feb 2021Earnshaw Business Centre Hugh Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 6PD
Received 18 Feb 20219 Cloverfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TE
Received 18 Feb 2021Wesley Street Mill Wesley Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NP
Received 12 Feb 20215 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 9 Feb 2021149 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SY
Received 19 Feb 202127 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 19 Feb 202116 Highgrove Court Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AN
Received 19 Feb 2021Rear Of Hilton Farm 2 Jane Lane Midge Hall Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 6TQ
Received 19 Feb 2021BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 19 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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