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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.
9,258 approved · 519 refused · 370 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Townlea Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NY
Received 20 Dec 20235 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HL
Received 20 Dec 2023329 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SY
Received 20 Dec 202389 School Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZA
Received 20 Dec 202360 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 21 Dec 20235 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HL
Received 21 Dec 2023Park Farm Park Lane Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PY
Received 21 Dec 20237 Bridge View Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4TG
Received 21 Dec 2023Places For People 18 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 22 Dec 202381 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QB
Received 22 Dec 202316 Watkin Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RD
Received 22 Dec 2023Springfield Farm Knoll Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TB
Received 22 Dec 2023Land Rear Of Lancaster House Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 22 Dec 202319 Woodburn Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FN
Received 22 Dec 202346 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 22 Dec 202346 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 22 Dec 2023338 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PN
Received 22 Dec 202317 Bramble Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9EW
Received 27 Dec 202323 Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BD
Received 28 Dec 2023Longlands Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 28 Dec 202329A Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NP
Received 29 Dec 202311 Ampleforth Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TD
Received 1 Jan 2024Singletons Farm Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 1 Jan 202414 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 1 Jan 2024Records 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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