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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.
8,204 approved · 449 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Station Garage Preston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4NT
Received 3 Oct 2022Unit 4 The Capitol Centre Capitol Way Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AW
Received 3 Oct 202225 Grenville Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UA
Received 3 Oct 2022Willow Croft Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 3 Oct 202218 Avocet Court Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7RW
Received 2 Jun 201630 Lacy Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9NX
Received 16 May 201642 Cloughfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FF
Received 12 Nov 2019TPO 1998 No 3 At Oak Leaf Drive Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 7 May 2019Tavistock 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 4 Oct 202251A Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 4 Oct 2022STREET RECORD Saunders Close Hutton Lancashire
Received 24 Jul 201823 Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 1 Sept 202110 Austin Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3FG
Received 1 May 20159 Bank Head Lane Hoghton Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 0AA
Received 19 Sept 20227 Stockwood Park Court Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7JJ
Received 6 Oct 20222 Malden Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TJ
Received 6 Oct 20224 Hurst Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BD
Received 6 Oct 202243 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 7 Oct 202296 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 10 Oct 2022The Chase Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 10 Oct 202211 Conway Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TR
Received 10 Oct 2022Leyland Sports and Social Club Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HB
Received 10 Oct 2022BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 11 Oct 2022163 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3XJ
Received 11 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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