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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.
8,665 approved · 477 refused · 337 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2013 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 Lesser Marsh House Farm Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 15 Mar 2023Telephone Exchange Carr Lane Farington Lancashire
Received 16 Mar 2023199 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 16 Mar 2023Hiltons Farm 2 Jane Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TQ
Received 16 Mar 20232A Balfour Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TD
Received 16 Mar 202327 Shirley Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WJ
Received 17 Mar 202328 Barn Hey Drive Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QX
Received 17 Mar 20232 Craigflower Court Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DX
Received 17 Mar 2023Mill Hill Farm Haunders Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JR
Received 20 Mar 2023Mill Hill Farm Haunders Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JR
Received 20 Mar 202311 Oak Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XQ
Received 20 Mar 202337 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 20 Mar 20231 Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 21 Mar 2023The Poplars 3A Ratten Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TE
Received 21 Mar 2023Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire PR26 6TS
Received 22 Mar 2023Avondale Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SU
Received 23 Mar 20239 Marina Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SU
Received 23 Mar 2023Ashtons Plant Centre Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 23 Mar 2023Ashtons Plant Centre Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 23 Mar 20239 Muirfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LH
Received 23 Mar 20231 Claytongate Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SE
Received 13 Mar 2023Development Adjacent 275 Chapel Lane New Longton Lancashire
Received 24 Mar 202315 Abbotsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BD
Received 24 Mar 2023Loughrigg Pope Lane Penwortham Lancashire PR1 9JQ
Received 24 Mar 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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