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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.
8,880 approved · 492 refused · 351 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The East Of Brook Lane Farington Moss Farington Lancashire
Received 9 Aug 2023368 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 9 Aug 2023121 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ED
Received 10 Aug 202345 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WA
Received 9 Aug 2023Woodlands Heald House Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4JA
Received 10 Aug 202356 Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 10 Aug 2023Oakdene Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 10 Aug 202348 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 10 Aug 2023The Bungalow Hugh Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PD
Received 11 Aug 2023Holiday Inn Express Preston South Reedfield Place Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AB
Received 11 Aug 2023219 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RJ
Received 11 Aug 2023Danesbury Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 11 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To Penny Barn Carr Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TH
Received 11 Aug 2023Lostock St Gerards Football Club Wateringpool Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire PR5 5UA
Received 11 Aug 2023134 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EH
Received 14 Aug 202332 Briarwood Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RD
Received 14 Aug 2023Atlantic Industries Unit 6B Bannister Hall Works Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 14 Aug 2023Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 11 Aug 2023Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 11 Aug 202350 Park Road Penwortham Residential Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YD
Received 14 Aug 2023Swainsfold Farm Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4EP
Received 14 Aug 20233 Brookdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DU
Received 14 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To Ecroyd Street and Quin Street Leyland Lancashire
Received 14 Aug 2023Greenfields Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 15 Aug 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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