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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.
8,185 approved · 447 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47A Chapel Brow Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NH
Received 14 Sept 2022The Shampan Indian Restaurant 97 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DB
Received 14 Sept 202216 Stiles Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FL
Received 12 Sept 2022Land At Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BE
Received 15 Sept 2022Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 15 Sept 202221 Clayton Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TS
Received 15 Sept 202214 Hawthorne Avenue Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EE
Received 15 Sept 202267 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 16 Sept 20228 Claremont Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JE
Received 8 Sept 2022Station Farm 12 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 19 Sept 202229 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 19 Sept 202216 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 20 Sept 2022Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 21 Sept 202213 Cedar Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PE
Received 21 Sept 20221 Willow Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NJ
Received 21 Sept 2022Dog Kennel Wood London Way Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 21 Sept 2022Land Adjacent 26 Park Avenue Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 21 Sept 202222 Riverside Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9RE
Received 19 Sept 2022197 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 22 Sept 2022Lostock Hall Gasholder Site Handshaw Drive Penwortham Lancashire
Received 23 Sept 202256 Townlea Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NY
Received 26 Sept 202214 Gower Grove Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QJ
Received 26 Sept 20229 Lonsdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BU
Received 26 Sept 2022Teazledown Cottage 103 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 26 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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