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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.
8,685 approved · 478 refused · 340 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower Seed Lee Barn Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 31 Mar 2023Wendover Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 31 Mar 202386 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HT
Received 31 Mar 202321 Carlton Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LP
Received 31 Mar 2023Moss Farm Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RA
Received 3 Apr 2023Moss Farm Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RA
Received 3 Apr 2023Highfield Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ST
Received 3 Apr 202311 Jasmine Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NA
Received 3 Apr 202312 Earls Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6UA
Received 3 Apr 20239 Home Park Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7EA
Received 3 Apr 2023158 Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QT
Received 4 Apr 202340 Hugh Barn Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XA
Received 4 Apr 20232 Hollinhurst Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AG
Received 4 Apr 202316 Shaftesbury Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YA
Received 5 Apr 2023Land Between 12 and 15 Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 5 Apr 2023Clive Hurt (Plant Hire) Ltd Sandham House Red Rose Drive Lancashire Enterprise Business Park Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TJ
Received 6 Apr 202341 Moor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ND
Received 6 Apr 202311 Thorngate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XL
Received 31 Mar 202357 Sheephill Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YN
Received 31 Mar 2023208A Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SH
Received 6 Apr 202322 Park Way Penwortham Residential Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YB
Received 6 Apr 20233 The Oaks Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LT
Received 31 Mar 2023Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 7 Apr 202311 Kew Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DR
Received 7 Apr 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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