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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.
8,056 approved · 444 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Charlton Beeches 201A Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HS
Received 4 May 20224A Ferndown Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7GZ
Received 4 May 202228 Thornfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HE
Received 4 May 2022198 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 4 May 202223 Cumberland Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1BH
Received 4 May 2022249B Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LD
Received 5 May 2022Land Adjacent To Civic Centre West Paddock Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1DH
Received 5 May 2022Unit 1 Lesser Marsh House Farm Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 5 May 202228 Stanley Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JH
Received 5 May 2022115 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LB
Received 5 May 2022The Paddocks Green Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AH
Received 6 May 20221 Hedgerows Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JZ
Received 6 May 202275 Ridge Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XW
Received 6 May 2022133 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AS
Received 6 May 2022Land At Bannister Lane Farington Moss Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 3 May 2022Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 9 May 2022Land To The East Of Reynard Close Longton Lancashire
Received 9 May 20222 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 9 May 202242 Green Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XA
Received 9 May 2022Greenacres 57 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 9 May 2022Burnside Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 9 May 202233A Turpin Green Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3HA
Received 9 May 2022Advertisement Right 13 - 15 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 9 May 20225 The Cedars New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AF
Received 9 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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