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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.
7,994 approved · 442 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
35 Fox Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JQ
Received 10 Jan 202223 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XE
Received 10 Jan 20226 Highland Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TJ
Received 10 Jan 202260 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EB
Received 10 Jan 202265 Hennel Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LE
Received 10 Jan 2022Quarter Acre 16 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 10 Jan 20227 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XE
Received 10 Jan 2022Brenfield 56 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 11 Jan 2022Pleasant View Old Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JQ
Received 11 Jan 202227 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 11 Jan 20222 Sunnyholme School Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SL
Received 11 Jan 2022Land At Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 12 Jan 2022The Stables 191D Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 13 Jan 20226 Methuen Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JP
Received 13 Jan 2022Corner Plot Liverpool Road /Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5RA
Received 13 Jan 2022Bamfords Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 21 Dec 2021Two Acres Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UL
Received 14 Jan 2022Clare Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 14 Jan 2022Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AQ
Received 14 Jan 20221 Castle Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BP
Received 17 Jan 20224 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 17 Jan 202251 Larchwood Crescent Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RJ
Received 17 Jan 202252 Newlands Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QY
Received 17 Jan 2022Next To 249 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 17 Jan 2022Records 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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