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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.
8,896 approved · 492 refused · 352 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 323 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Lancashire PR1 9ST
Received 15 Aug 202320 Blashaw Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JN
Received 15 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To Ecroyd Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2RY
Received 15 Aug 2023Leyland Market Northcote Street and Land Adjacent To Ecroyd Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2AA
Received 15 Aug 202311 Doodstone Nook Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AQ
Received 16 Aug 20232 Irongate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6UY
Received 16 Aug 202340 Kingsway West Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JA
Received 16 Aug 2023Holly House 4 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XR
Received 16 Aug 20237 Rydal Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AX
Received 17 Aug 202345 Bridgeway Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YJ
Received 17 Aug 202340 Durham Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AW
Received 17 Aug 2023Broad Meadow Cottage Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 18 Aug 2023Quin Street and Site To The North Of Quin Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SR
Received 21 Aug 202314B Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 21 Aug 2023Oakdene Hugh Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PD
Received 21 Aug 2023240 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TQ
Received 21 Aug 20233 Marsh Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PL
Received 19 Aug 202328 Fairhaven Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9RD
Received 22 Aug 202378 Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 22 Aug 202315 Oaklands Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XY
Received 22 Aug 2023Moss Side Industrial Estate Bison Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QR
Received 22 Aug 202397 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 23 Aug 202314 Windgate Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GR
Received 23 Aug 202334 Cromwell Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AT
Received 23 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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