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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.
8,079 approved · 444 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
138 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 1 Jun 2022Land At Royalty Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 1 Jun 20227 Blashaw Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JN
Received 1 Jun 202234 Birch Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PB
Received 1 Jun 2022Clifton House The Vineyard Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PR
Received 2 Jun 202223 The Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SU
Received 2 Jun 2022Tower View Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 1 Jun 20229 Marl Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XD
Received 6 Jun 202218 Formby Crescent Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YN
Received 6 Jun 2022Land At 273A Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AB
Received 1 Jun 2022BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Enterprise Zone Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 31 May 20221 Glendale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DN
Received 7 Jun 2022Storage Building Newgate Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 7 Jun 2022Oakdene Hugh Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PD
Received 7 Jun 202268 Grange Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LP
Received 7 Jun 2022Land Adjacent Church House Farm Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 7 Jun 2022Wyn Frith 8 Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 8 Jun 20229 Lanedale Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AY
Received 7 Jun 202229 Kentmere Drive Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EP
Received 8 Jun 202232 Alder Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AD
Received 8 Jun 2022Tavistock 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 8 Jun 202241 Grange Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LP
Received 16 Jun 202226 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 7 Jun 20226 Beaumaris Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZQ
Received 8 Jun 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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