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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.
9,288 approved · 522 refused · 370 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Singletons Farm Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 16 Jan 2024227 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 16 Jan 2024Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 16 Jan 20246 Foundry Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3RA
Received 16 Jan 2024Woodlands Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 17 Jan 20245 Orchard Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AX
Received 17 Jan 20242 West End Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JD
Received 17 Jan 202418 Townlea Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NY
Received 17 Jan 2024Brenfield 56 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 18 Jan 202492 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7PB
Received 18 Jan 20247 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4LL
Received 18 Jan 2024Springfield Farm Knoll Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TB
Received 22 Dec 2023Land West and South Of Farington Lodge Hotel Off Stanifield Lane and Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 19 Jan 20245 Wham Hey New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XU
Received 19 Jan 2024South View 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 19 Jan 20242 Hall Carr Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5RA
Received 22 Jan 202418 Moorfield New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JA
Received 22 Jan 202411 Alcester Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XN
Received 22 Jan 2024Unit 11 - 12 Charnley Fold Industrial Estate School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6PS
Received 22 Jan 2024Meadow View Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 23 Jan 20244 Copper Beech Close Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GF
Received 23 Jan 2024The Coppice 239 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 23 Jan 2024Land At Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire
Received 24 Jan 2024The Chase Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 24 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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