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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.
8,766 approved · 486 refused · 349 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 15 Jun 2023NWWA Emnie Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 8LH
Received 15 Jun 2023Land Off Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QB
Received 15 Jun 2023Telefonica 02 Uk Ltd Telecommunication Mast Cop Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 15 Jun 202316 Watkin Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RD
Received 15 Jun 2023NWWA Emnie Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 8LH
Received 15 Jun 2023The Shampan Indian Restaurant 97 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DB
Received 16 Jun 2023247 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XL
Received 16 Jun 2023Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 16 Jun 2023Morrisons Supermarket Olympian Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UR
Received 19 Jun 2023Morrisons Supermarket Olympian Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UR
Received 19 Jun 2023133 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AS
Received 19 Jun 202397 & 99 Bannister Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2GD
Received 20 Jun 2023Lower Seed Lee Barn Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 20 Jun 2023Brenfield 56 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 20 Jun 2023TPO 1981 No 4 Adjacent 9 Bank Head Lane Hoghton Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 20 Jun 2023Market Hall Northcote Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2AA
Received 21 Jun 2023Land In Between 18 and 20 Claytongate Drive Penwortham Lancashire
Received 21 Jun 2023St Marys Primary School Haig Avenue Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2QA
Received 21 Jun 2023Broomfield Landscapes Naptha Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JY
Received 22 Jun 2023Springbrook Farm Thropps Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SL
Received 23 Jun 2023Land Adjacent Civic Centre West Paddock Leyland Lancashire
Received 23 Jun 2023Park View 287A Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HU
Received 23 Jun 202361B Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 26 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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