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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.
8,175 approved · 446 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Swainsfold Farm Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4EP
Received 5 Sept 20221 Longhirst Close Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7LG
Received 5 Sept 2022Cobbles Barn 3 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 5 Sept 20228 Rushy Hey Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JQ
Received 6 Sept 2022Heatons Engineering Quin Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TA
Received 6 Sept 2022Newlands Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 6 Sept 20221 School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JS
Received 6 Sept 2022Heatons Engineering Quin Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TA
Received 6 Sept 2022TPO 2010 No 1 Adjacent Stone Bridge Todd Lane South Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 6 Sept 2022Leyland Market Towngate Leyland Lancashire
Received 7 Sept 2022White Mere 3 Abbotsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BD
Received 7 Sept 2022Cuerden Strategic Site East Of Stanfield Lane Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire PR5 5YG
Received 7 Sept 202212 Kingsbridge Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9UR
Received 7 Sept 2022New Haven 58 Moss Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SH
Received 7 Sept 202212 Old Thorns Crescent Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7JP
Received 8 Sept 202253 Grange Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LP
Received 9 Sept 20221 Park Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JB
Received 9 Sept 202211 Winsor Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EP
Received 9 Sept 202211 Smiths Croft Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XN
Received 12 Sept 20229 Westminster Place Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SJ
Received 12 Sept 202210 Watkin Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RD
Received 13 Sept 202275 Ridge Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XW
Received 13 Sept 2022Land At Chapel Lane Longton Lancashire
Received 12 Sept 2022Yard North Of Drumacre Lane East Longton Lancashire
Received 14 Sept 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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