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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.
8,838 approved · 490 refused · 350 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Brookway Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BU
Received 19 Jul 202361A Marlborough Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QU
Received 20 Jul 202315 Fir Trees Crescent Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SL
Received 20 Jul 2023Haslemere 150 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 21 Jul 2023Greendale Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 21 Jul 2023Land To North Of Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 24 Jul 2023Leyland Trucks Limited Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6LZ
Received 24 Jul 202389 School Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZA
Received 24 Jul 2023Quarter Acre 16 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 24 Jul 202335 Dale Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YJ
Received 25 Jul 2023Oaklands Convent Moss Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SH
Received 26 Jul 202330 Moorfield Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NW
Received 27 Jul 2023Land To The East Of Reynard Close Longton Lancashire
Received 27 Jul 2023Land At Butlers Farm Court Leyland Lancashire
Received 27 Jul 2023Conkers 97A Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 27 Jul 202311 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 27 Jul 202329 Whitefield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XJ
Received 27 Jul 20238 Howick Park Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LT
Received 26 Jul 2023Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 28 Jul 202369 Glendale Crescent Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YA
Received 28 Jul 2023Puddle Duck Cottage Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TD
Received 27 Jul 2023Land Adjacent Oakfield Fishery Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire
Received 28 Jul 20235 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 31 Jul 20235 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 31 Jul 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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