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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.
8,579 approved · 473 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
162A Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZE
Received 31 Jan 2023Hazelroyd Coote Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR4 4LJ
Received 31 Jan 202318 Far Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FT
Received 1 Feb 2023St Catherines Hospice Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XU
Received 1 Feb 202328 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DR
Received 1 Feb 202328 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DR
Received 1 Feb 2023Tyndale Building Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AQ
Received 30 Jan 2023Chain House Nursery Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 2 Feb 2023Leyland Service Station Wigan Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 5UF
Received 2 Feb 2023Newlands Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 2 Feb 2023Gregson Lane Community Centre Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0DP
Received 2 Feb 2023Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 3 Feb 2023The Paddock 4A The Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XH
Received 3 Feb 202321 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BJ
Received 3 Feb 2023Unit 5 The Capitol Centre Capitol Way Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AW
Received 3 Feb 202330 St Marys Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 4UN
Received 6 Feb 202317 Greencroft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LA
Received 6 Feb 202317 Glenway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AJ
Received 7 Feb 2023Meadowcroft Business Park Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 7 Feb 2023Moorthorpe Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 7 Feb 202320 Blashaw Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JN
Received 7 Feb 202359 Duddle Lane Walton Le Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UB
Received 7 Feb 2023Oswald House Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SS
Received 3 Feb 2023327 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SY
Received 7 Feb 2023Records 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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