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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.
7,796 approved · 435 refused · 292 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
183 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 29 Mar 2021118 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AT
Received 29 Mar 202122 Bispham Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QE
Received 30 Mar 2021Land Off Carrwood Road Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 30 Mar 2021Titan Business Park Leyland Test Track Moss Side Leyland PR26 7EW
Received 29 Mar 2021Land To The North Homefield 142 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 30 Mar 2021UPS Tomlinson Road Leyland Lancashire
Received 30 Mar 2021Land To The East Of Fern Bank 138 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 30 Mar 202129 Arkholme Drive Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DE
Received 31 Mar 2021Weavers Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 31 Mar 2021St Michaels Church Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 31 Mar 2021365 Liverpool Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5JS
Received 31 Mar 2021Sherwood Station Road Little Hoole PR4 5LE
Received 30 Mar 202129 Chesmere Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RA
Received 1 Apr 2021Grosvenor Garage Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JS
Received 2 Apr 2021Pear Tree House Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 2 Apr 2021Land To The East Of Brookfield 66 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 2 Apr 2021Land Between Chestnut Farm and Willow Tree Farm Wham Lane Little Hoole Lancashire
Received 2 Apr 202152 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 5 Apr 202120 Greenway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TD
Received 5 Apr 2021Ashtree Cottage Grange Lane Hutton PR4 5JE
Received 30 Mar 2021Land Adjacent To 136 Liverpool Road Hutton PR4 5SL
Received 30 Mar 2021Office Of Katherine Fletcher MP 1st Floor Leyland Conservative Club 67-69 Towngate Leyland PR25 2LR
Received 31 Mar 202121 School Lane Longton PR4 5YA
Received 1 Apr 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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