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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.
8,003 approved · 443 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 East Square Longton Lancashire PR4 5NL
Received 26 Jan 2022Grove Cottage Slater Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TN
Received 26 Jan 202239 West End Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JD
Received 26 Jan 20222 Alandale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DX
Received 26 Jan 2022Higher Seed Lee Farm Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 26 Jan 2022151 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ED
Received 26 Jan 202227 Hambleton Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DQ
Received 26 Jan 2022Turbary House Nursery Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 27 Jan 202276 Marlborough Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QX
Received 27 Jan 2022Newlands Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 28 Jan 2022Earnshaw Business Centre Hugh Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PD
Received 28 Jan 202229 Green Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RD
Received 31 Jan 202271 Crawford Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JP
Received 1 Feb 2022Glenroy 1 Woodside Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YD
Received 1 Feb 2022Land At Belle Field Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SD
Received 2 Feb 2022Cuerdale Lane Garden Village Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XA
Received 28 Jan 202226 Rockburgh Crescent Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5RD
Received 2 Feb 202219 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PD
Received 3 Feb 202211 Monks Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AQ
Received 3 Feb 202251 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4LP
Received 3 Feb 2022Church Farm Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 3 Feb 202254 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AT
Received 3 Feb 20221 New Barn Mews Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XG
Received 3 Feb 2022The Old Leyland Gates Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3PG
Received 4 Feb 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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