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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.
8,000 approved · 442 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
120 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 18 Jan 2022272 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HJ
Received 18 Jan 20221 Hey End New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YH
Received 13 Jan 2022Ashtons Plant Centre Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 14 Jan 2022Car Park Churchill Way Leyland Lancashire
Received 19 Jan 20227 Yew Tree Grove Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5NP
Received 19 Jan 20224 Townlea Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NY
Received 19 Jan 202211 Northlands Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XP
Received 19 Jan 2022Land Adjacent To Fern Bank 138 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 20 Jan 2022St Aidans Church 46 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QL
Received 20 Jan 2022Perrys Leyland Station Garage Preston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4NT
Received 21 Jan 2022149 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QH
Received 21 Jan 20222 Moor Cottage Lindle Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AT
Received 21 Jan 2022Brook Vale Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JP
Received 21 Jan 2022Mulberry House Rhoden Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SX
Received 18 Jan 2022Howick Hall Farm Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NS
Received 24 Jan 2022Land Adjacent 323 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Lancashire PR1 9ST
Received 24 Jan 202215 Walnutwood Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DT
Received 24 Jan 202220 Middlefield Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AE
Received 24 Jan 2022Beeston Manor Country Hotel Quaker Brook Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RA
Received 25 Jan 2022Beeston Manor Country Hotel Quaker Brook Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RA
Received 25 Jan 2022Moorthorpe Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 25 Jan 202249 Talbot Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QX
Received 25 Jan 2022Dale End Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 25 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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