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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.
8,024 approved · 444 refused · 298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
98 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UR
Received 23 Feb 2022146 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 23 Feb 2022125B Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 23 Feb 202222 Studholme Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9NE
Received 24 Feb 2022Mill House Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0RN
Received 24 Feb 202216 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 24 Feb 2022Meadowcroft Business Park Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 24 Feb 2022Leyland Woodlea Junior County School Woodlea Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 1JL
Received 16 Feb 2022Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 24 Feb 2022Marsh Farm Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 24 Feb 202247 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RB
Received 25 Feb 2022Holly House Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 25 Feb 2022Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 25 Feb 2022244 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EA
Received 28 Feb 20227 and 9 Hugh Barn Lane New Longton Lancashire
Received 28 Feb 2022Peel View Garage Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 28 Feb 2022The Almonds Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RQ
Received 28 Feb 202294 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EE
Received 24 Feb 2022329 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SY
Received 1 Mar 2022Apple Tree Barn Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 1 Mar 2022St Teresas Presbytery 34 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DS
Received 1 Mar 2022Land Off Belle Field Close Belle Field Close Penwortham Lancashire
Received 2 Mar 2022Yewtree House 10 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JN
Received 3 Mar 20222 Methuen Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JN
Received 3 Mar 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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