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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.
8,026 approved · 444 refused · 298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 25 Feb 2022Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 3 Mar 202283 Moor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NE
Received 3 Mar 2022Bannister Hall Farm Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 4 Mar 20221 Old Orchard Place Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7UY
Received 4 Mar 2022The Shampan Indian Restaurant 97 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DB
Received 4 Mar 2022105 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 4 Mar 2022207 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JE
Received 4 Mar 202214 Grange Park Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JS
Received 4 Mar 20229 and 11 Denford Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JJ
Received 4 Mar 2022109 Victoria Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BA
Received 7 Mar 2022Land Adjcent To The Fields Long Moss Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 7 Mar 202242 Ashfields Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7UW
Received 7 Mar 20229 Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 7 Mar 2022Lynbrook Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SU
Received 7 Mar 2022Land Off Belle Field Close Belle Field Close Penwortham Lancashire
Received 17 Feb 202247B Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SY
Received 7 Mar 202231 Coote Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JD
Received 3 Mar 202236 Newlands Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QY
Received 7 Mar 202211 Moorhey Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ST
Received 7 Mar 2022Telecommunications Mast Club Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 8 Mar 2022266A Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 8 Mar 2022Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 8 Mar 202288 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SL
Received 8 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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