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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.
9,186 approved · 514 refused · 365 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Rear Of Lancaster House Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 14 Nov 2023Brook Vale Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JP
Received 13 Nov 202326 Sandringham Park Drive New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZS
Received 14 Nov 2023Land To The East Of Reynard Close Longton Lancashire
Received 14 Nov 20235 Park Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JB
Received 14 Nov 20237 Rawstorne Crescent Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BN
Received 15 Nov 2023115 Croston Road Lostock Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PR
Received 14 Nov 20233 Mill Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PS
Received 15 Nov 2023Todd Hall 16 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5US
Received 15 Nov 202319 Middleforth Green Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TB
Received 16 Nov 2023Land Adjacent 26 Park Avenue Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 16 Nov 2023568 Leyland Lane Cliffs Farm House Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 16 Nov 2023568 Leyland Lane Cliffs House Farm Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 16 Nov 20239 Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BD
Received 17 Nov 2023151 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SY
Received 17 Nov 202314 Burlington Gardens Leyland Lancashire PR25 3PX
Received 16 Nov 202311 Sandringham Park Drive New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZS
Received 17 Nov 20237 Long Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AB
Received 17 Nov 20236 Bank Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AL
Received 17 Nov 202398 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZE
Received 20 Nov 2023Hill View Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ST
Received 20 Nov 202310 Langholm Close Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1UA
Received 20 Nov 2023Land Between Lyme Road and The Cawsey Penwortham Lancashire
Received 21 Nov 202311 Parklands Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QN
Received 21 Nov 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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