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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.
8,728 approved · 482 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
8 Cherry Wood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PJ
Received 10 May 2023Sherdley Fowler Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RH
Received 10 May 2023Fred Coupe Ltd Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JA
Received 10 May 2023Leyland Sports and Social Club Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HB
Received 10 May 202394 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XD
Received 11 May 2023107 Lever House Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XP
Received 11 May 2023Land To The Rear Of Chez Soi Smithy Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QJ
Received 12 May 2023209 Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HS
Received 12 May 20238 Clovelly Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QX
Received 12 May 2023Knowles Farm 150 Ratten Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TH
Received 12 May 2023199 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 15 May 20236 Princes Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DX
Received 15 May 2023Nevin Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NS
Received 15 May 202310 Nelson Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EE
Received 15 May 202326 Doodstone Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TY
Received 16 May 2023Chapel House Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 17 May 2023Greenfields Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 17 May 202329 Yewlands Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TL
Received 3 May 202396 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SJ
Received 17 May 20233 Calderbank Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RF
Received 17 May 2023Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 18 May 2023Greenfields Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 18 May 2023120 Liverpool Old Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5GE
Received 18 May 202329 Lindle Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AR
Received 19 May 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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