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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.
8,747 approved · 486 refused · 349 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent Civic Centre West Paddock Leyland Lancashire
Received 25 May 2023217 Walton Summit Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AQ
Received 26 May 2023Fairfield Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XN
Received 26 May 2023St Marys Presbytery Preston New Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UL
Received 26 May 2023Land Between 212 & 220 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 26 May 2023Station Garage Preston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4NT
Received 29 May 2023Land At Crownlee Crownlee Penwortham Lancashire
Received 29 May 2023Land At Cottage Gardens Cottage Gardens Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 29 May 20231 Emily Street Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SZ
Received 30 May 202386 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HT
Received 30 May 202367 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DT
Received 30 May 2023Conkers 97A Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 31 May 2023West Field Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TA
Received 31 May 2023Site To The Rear Of Charnock Farm Wigan Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 5DA
Received 31 May 202321 Riverside Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RQ
Received 31 May 2023Yew Tree House 5 Marshalls Brow Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HY
Received 31 May 2023348 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AA
Received 31 May 20237 Lindle Close Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AN
Received 1 Jun 2023Fourways Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 1 Jun 2023103 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 1 Jun 20232-8 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EB
Received 1 Jun 2023Unit 25 Marathon Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QN
Received 5 Jun 20231 Forest Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5QX
Received 5 Jun 2023Walthams Valley Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XP
Received 5 Jun 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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