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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.
8,010 approved · 443 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
23 Meadway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JL
Received 4 Feb 20226 Knot Acre New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JB
Received 28 Jan 2022Brookhouse Farm Stanifield Lane Lostock Hall Leyland Lancashire PR5 5XR
Received 4 Feb 202216 Clifton Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XL
Received 7 Feb 2022179 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QD
Received 31 Jan 2022Cuerdale Hall Farm Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 0XB
Received 8 Feb 2022Cobbles Barn 3 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 8 Feb 2022Church Farm Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 9 Feb 202268 Holland House Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JG
Received 9 Feb 2022Whalebone Farm 123 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 9 Feb 2022Cobbles Barn 3 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 2 Feb 2022136B Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AU
Received 4 Feb 202225 Turpin Green Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3HA
Received 9 Feb 20221 Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4BJ
Received 9 Feb 202268 Selkirk Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TL
Received 10 Feb 2022Moss View 132 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 10 Feb 2022Kirn Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 10 Feb 2022Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 4 Feb 202224 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZA
Received 11 Feb 2022Land To The East Of Brook Lane Farington Moss Farington Lancashire
Received 14 Feb 202227 Sheephill Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YN
Received 14 Feb 202210 Denford Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JL
Received 14 Feb 202238 Bracken Ghyll Close Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7FE
Received 14 Feb 2022Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 14 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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