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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.
8,051 approved · 444 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QB
Received 27 Apr 202211 Nelson Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EE
Received 22 Apr 20226 Sherdley Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JF
Received 28 Apr 202229 Central Park Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BW
Received 28 Apr 2022Carver Fold Farm Potter Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EN
Received 28 Apr 2022Halcombe House Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 28 Apr 2022The Old School House Church Brow Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BH
Received 15 Feb 20223 Beech Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AL
Received 28 Apr 20222 Elmsett Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JW
Received 28 Apr 20222 Edale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BB
Received 28 Apr 2022Little Croft Barn Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XQ
Received 28 Apr 2022Marsh End Farm Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JA
Received 29 Apr 2022156 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UN
Received 29 Apr 2022164 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5SL
Received 29 Apr 2022BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 29 Apr 20223 Buttercup Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1FD
Received 27 Apr 2022Land To The West Of 359 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 27 Apr 202264 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 2 May 2022136 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5SL
Received 2 May 2022Wendover Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 3 May 2022Ambrose House 20 Chapel Brow Leyland Lancashire
Received 3 May 20225 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 19 Apr 2022Degnan House 28 Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AR
Received 4 May 2022Land At Belle Field Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SD
Received 4 May 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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