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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.
8,093 approved · 444 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chapel Farm 3 Farmend Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WQ
Received 13 Jun 202241 Cherry Wood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PJ
Received 14 Jun 2022South View 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 14 Jun 20227 Yewlands Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TN
Received 10 Jun 20226 Walkdale Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SY
Received 10 Jun 202243 Marlborough Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QU
Received 10 Jun 2022167 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 15 Jun 20227 The Crescent Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XH
Received 15 Jun 2022244 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EA
Received 15 Jun 20221 Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7UX
Received 16 Jun 2022BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 16 Jun 2022122 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0US
Received 16 Jun 202256 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XS
Received 16 Jun 202273 Morley Croft Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QS
Received 16 Jun 2022Fourways Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 17 Jun 20227 Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 17 Jun 20223 Lodge Cottages Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 17 Jun 2022Fourways Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 20 Jun 2022Worden Hall Worden Park Leyland Lancashire PR25 1DJ
Received 15 Jun 2022Worden Hall Worden Park Leyland Lancashire PR25 1DJ
Received 15 Jun 202231 Sibley Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9RY
Received 20 Jun 2022Penwortham Hall Cottage Penwortham Hall Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TG
Received 17 Jun 2022128 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TE
Received 22 Jun 20222 St Catherines Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZY
Received 8 Jul 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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