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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.
8,190 approved · 448 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AT
Received 26 Sept 2022Land Adjacent 11 Hall Lane Longton Lancashire
Received 26 Sept 2022Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 26 Sept 2022Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 26 Sept 2022156 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QE
Received 13 Sept 2022Balls Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 27 Sept 2022Gregson Lane Community Centre Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0DP
Received 20 Sept 2022Middleforth Hall Farm Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 27 Sept 2022Land At Woodcock Estate Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 27 Sept 2022Chandos House 11 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 27 Sept 2022The Oaks Hill Road South Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YE
Received 27 Sept 202211 Hornbeam Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PT
Received 27 Sept 202212 Oldfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RG
Received 27 Sept 2022Brooklands 105 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 28 Sept 2022Land Adjacent Oakfield Fishery Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire
Received 28 Sept 202246 Green Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XA
Received 29 Sept 202251 - 55A Hough Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 15 Sept 2022Dunbia Preston Limited Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AL
Received 29 Sept 202253 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GA
Received 27 Sept 202218 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 30 Sept 202250 Long Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AB
Received 30 Sept 20223 Bank Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DH
Received 11 Nov 20204 Mayfield Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AN
Received 17 Nov 20168 Parklands Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QN
Received 3 Oct 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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