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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.
8,069 approved · 444 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Marsh Farm Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 16 May 20222 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 16 May 20222 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 16 May 202220 Bank Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AL
Received 16 May 20227 Beechfield Court Leyland Lancashire PR25 3SA
Received 16 May 202252 Buckingham Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HW
Received 17 May 2022209 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JE
Received 17 May 202211 Central Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JX
Received 17 May 20221 Woodside Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GT
Received 17 May 2022Land Between 215 and 227 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YL
Received 17 May 2022North Star Court Eden Street Leyland Lancashire
Received 18 May 2022Lostock Hall Cp School Linden Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AS
Received 18 May 20226 Arnside Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LR
Received 19 May 2022Land At Car Park Cotton Mill Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LF
Received 20 May 202297 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 20 May 202222 Edinburgh Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 4UT
Received 20 May 2022Edenson 6 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AP
Received 20 May 202256 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SJ
Received 23 May 2022Four Acres Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 23 May 2022Unit 4 - 4A Tomlinson Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2DY
Received 23 May 20221 Chatsworth Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4GT
Received 23 May 202237 Clough Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LQ
Received 23 May 2022Balls Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 23 May 2022Quarter Acre 16 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 23 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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