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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.
9,246 approved · 517 refused · 370 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Bank House Farm Green Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RJ
Received 12 Dec 2023Fair Acre Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 12 Dec 2023Oakdene Hugh Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PD
Received 12 Dec 2023Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 12 Dec 2023Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 12 Dec 2023420 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PJ
Received 12 Dec 20238 Sycamore Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9NQ
Received 13 Dec 202322 Thornfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HE
Received 14 Dec 2023Former Lostock Hall Primary School Avondale Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BQ
Received 13 Dec 2023Land At Woodcock Estate Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 14 Dec 2023Grange Paddock Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 14 Dec 202322 Howick Park Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LS
Received 8 Dec 202314 Crowell Way Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LG
Received 12 Dec 2023Mill Hill Farm Haunders Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JR
Received 18 Dec 2023Mill Hill Farm Haunders Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JR
Received 18 Dec 202318 Shirley Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WJ
Received 18 Dec 20239 Magnolia Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PS
Received 18 Dec 2023Singletons Farm Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 18 Dec 20239 Penwortham Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YX
Received 18 Dec 20236 Royalty Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JN
Received 19 Dec 2023Singletons Farm Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 19 Dec 2023Pole Street Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 19 Dec 2023Walton Barn Naptha Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JY
Received 19 Dec 2023Holly Lodge Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ST
Received 19 Dec 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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