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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.
7,953 approved · 441 refused · 297 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 2014 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 22 Sept 202134 Fox Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JQ
Received 22 Sept 2021Argos Ltd Olympian Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UR
Received 23 Sept 20215 Allington Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NL
Received 23 Sept 2021Land At Car Park Cotton Mill Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LF
Received 24 Sept 202114 Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD
Received 27 Sept 2021Rose Lea Nixon Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 8LY
Received 28 Sept 2021Sherwood Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 28 Sept 2021Land Adjacent To Oakfields Land Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SH
Received 29 Sept 2021Cricket House Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 29 Sept 2021Grosvenor Garage Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JS
Received 29 Sept 20216 Wilton Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QU
Received 29 Sept 2021114 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UR
Received 29 Sept 2021Lyndale 6 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 29 Sept 2021Tavistock 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 30 Sept 2021Quarter Acre 16 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 30 Sept 202140 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JJ
Received 30 Sept 20213 Beech Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AL
Received 30 Sept 2021338 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PN
Received 1 Oct 2021109 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QH
Received 1 Oct 2021207 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PP
Received 1 Oct 202133 Fernleigh Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AW
Received 1 Oct 202137 Dalehead Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AY
Received 1 Oct 202151 School Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TU
Received 4 Oct 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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