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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.
8,607 approved · 474 refused · 336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 8 Feb 2023Welwyn 51 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 8 Feb 202334 Headley Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2NN
Received 8 Feb 20231 Kingsway West Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JA
Received 9 Feb 202321 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 9 Feb 2023Land Adjacent Northview Startley Nook Whitestake Lancashire
Received 9 Feb 2023Pine Trees 24 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 28 Feb 2023Ribble Court Care Home 150 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 10 Feb 20238 Tolsey Drive Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SH
Received 10 Feb 202379 Greencroft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LB
Received 10 Feb 20231 Dunsop Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6WJ
Received 10 Feb 2023151 Bent Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4HS
Received 13 Feb 2023Balls Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 13 Feb 2023Farington Moss Recycling Centre Moss Lane Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 14 Feb 2023Bannister Hall Farm Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 14 Feb 2023The Blossoms Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 14 Feb 202310 Auburn Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DF
Received 14 Feb 2023395 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR1 9SS
Received 14 Feb 2023199 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 6UT
Received 10 Feb 202334 Round Wood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BN
Received 15 Feb 202312 Beconsaw Drive Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RW
Received 15 Feb 2023Aldi School Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2TU
Received 15 Feb 2023Cuerden Strategic Site, East Of Stanfield Lane, North Of Clayton Farm, West Of Wigan Road Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 16 Feb 2023Yard North Of Drumacre Lane East Longton Lancashire
Received 16 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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