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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.
8,676 approved · 478 refused · 339 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To Rear Of Collinwood Gardens Hutton Preston PR4 5TF
Received 24 Mar 202319 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 27 Mar 2023Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AQ
Received 27 Mar 2023Development Adjacent 275 Chapel Lane New Longton Lancashire
Received 27 Mar 2023Mercers Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 27 Mar 20231 Whitebeam Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SE
Received 27 Mar 202337 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 25 Mar 202314 Ennerdale Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BX
Received 27 Mar 2023Land Between 14 and 29 Cross Halls, Penwortham Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XA
Received 27 Mar 202355 Ratten Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TE
Received 27 Mar 2023Railway Sidings and Associated Land Adjacent Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 28 Mar 20233 Manor Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QA
Received 28 Mar 2023Model Farm 240 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PN
Received 29 Mar 2023Edgewood Squires Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AJ
Received 29 Mar 2023Cullan Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 29 Mar 202310 Orchard Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AX
Received 29 Mar 2023114 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QJ
Received 29 Mar 2023188 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TP
Received 14 Mar 2023Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 29 Mar 202348 Renshaw Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RB
Received 28 Mar 2023146 Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SE
Received 30 Mar 20232 Brooklands Skip Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HJ
Received 30 Mar 2023Synerty Dental Clinic 2 Thurston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LB
Received 31 Mar 2023Marsh Farm Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 31 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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