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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.
8,508 approved · 467 refused · 328 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The East Of Reynard Close Longton Lancashire
Received 15 Nov 20221 Albrighton Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LJ
Received 15 Nov 2022Worden Park Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR5 2DJ
Received 15 Nov 2022Worden Park Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR5 2DJ
Received 15 Nov 2022Occleshaw House 2 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 15 Nov 2022Occleshaw House 2 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 15 Nov 2022Mill House Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0RN
Received 15 Nov 2022Baxi Partnership Limited Club Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FN
Received 15 Nov 2022Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 14 Nov 202212 Russell Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZH
Received 16 Nov 2022The Fields Green Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AH
Received 16 Nov 2022The Almonds Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RQ
Received 17 Nov 2022Van Eyck Intack Lane Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PT
Received 17 Nov 202279 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YH
Received 17 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To Mayfield 24 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 17 Nov 2022Land At Crownlee Crownlee Penwortham Lancashire
Received 17 Nov 2022Van Eyck Intack Lane Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PT
Received 16 Nov 202212 Old Thorns Crescent Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7JP
Received 18 Nov 2022Church House Farm Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 21 Nov 2022Memorial Hall 94 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 21 Nov 20227 Rydal Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AX
Received 22 Nov 2022Moss Farm Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 22 Nov 20224 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UX
Received 23 Nov 2022265 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 23 Nov 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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