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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.
8,048 approved · 444 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Part Of 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 14 Apr 20223 Grange Park Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JS
Received 14 Apr 2022Much Hoole Recreation Ground Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GB
Received 14 Apr 2022The Haven 164 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 14 Apr 20222 Fieldings Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DG
Received 15 Apr 20225 Monks Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AQ
Received 15 Apr 20224 Highgate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HY
Received 15 Apr 20225 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 19 Apr 202263 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UR
Received 19 Apr 2022Land At Lodge Lane Farington Moss Farington Preston Lancashire PR26 6RA
Received 20 Apr 2022Pleasant View Old Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JQ
Received 20 Apr 2022The Hawthorns Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 20 Apr 202256 Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 20 Apr 202213 Shaftesbury Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YA
Received 21 Apr 2022North Star Court Eden Street Leyland Lancashire
Received 21 Apr 2022Land At Belle Field Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SD
Received 22 Apr 2022Land East Of The A59 Wendover Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 22 Apr 2022The Pines Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 22 Apr 20225 Balmoral Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JJ
Received 20 Apr 202232 Moorhey Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SS
Received 22 Apr 20227 Auburn Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DF
Received 25 Apr 2022Arnold Clark Ltd Farington Business Park Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AU
Received 25 Apr 2022North Star Court Eden Street Leyland Lancashire
Received 26 Apr 202246 Park Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JB
Received 26 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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