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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.
8,039 approved · 444 refused · 298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
179 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 25 Mar 20223 Grove Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AQ
Received 25 Mar 2022Land At Bannister Lane Farington Moss Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 23 Mar 2022Land At Old School Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 28 Mar 202216 Stiles Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FL
Received 28 Mar 2022Oaks Wood 15 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 28 Mar 202223 Hugh Barn Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XA
Received 29 Mar 2022Carrwood Park Oakland Glen Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 29 Mar 202270 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UR
Received 29 Mar 2022Brook Vale Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JP
Received 30 Mar 2022112A Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LD
Received 30 Mar 2022134 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EH
Received 30 Mar 2022Knocknalling Farm 6 Fidler Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RB
Received 30 Mar 202218 Carlton Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LP
Received 15 Mar 202210A Cocker Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SU
Received 31 Mar 2022108 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SJ
Received 31 Mar 2022Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 28 Mar 2022Teazledown Cottage 103 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 31 Mar 202221 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 31 Mar 2022Telecommunications Mast Hall Carr Farm Hall Carr Lane Longton Lancashire
Received 1 Apr 2022Fern Bank 138 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 4 Apr 20223 Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JT
Received 4 Apr 2022172 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TP
Received 5 Apr 2022Middleforth Hall Farm Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 5 Apr 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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