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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.
8,162 approved · 446 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
26 Grange Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LP
Received 22 Aug 2022Land To The North Of Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 24 Aug 20221 Mosley Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TH
Received 24 Aug 20222 Elmsett Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JW
Received 24 Aug 2022Land At Cottage Gardens Cottage Gardens Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 18 Aug 2022Adjacent To 43 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ER
Received 22 Aug 202230 Monks Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AQ
Received 25 Aug 2022Butterfly Cottage Rosedale Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 25 Aug 202238 Rookery Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LU
Received 23 Aug 202279 Duddle Lane Walton Le Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UB
Received 26 Aug 20223 Marigold Court Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1FE
Received 26 Aug 202219 Stonefield Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HP
Received 26 Aug 202225 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UR
Received 29 Aug 2022The Old Police Station Golden Hill Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NN
Received 30 Aug 2022Land To The West Of Midge Hall Lane Adjacent Paintball Venue Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 30 Aug 202221 St Cuthberts Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TH
Received 31 Aug 2022Land North Side Of Preston New Road Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 23 Aug 2022Moss View 132 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 1 Sept 2022122 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AU
Received 1 Sept 2022260 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LA
Received 1 Sept 202228 Rockburgh Crescent Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5RD
Received 2 Sept 2022Heatons Engineering Quin Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TA
Received 2 Sept 202217 Centurion Way Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BF
Received 5 Sept 202210 The Crescent Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XH
Received 26 Aug 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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