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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.
8,970 approved · 495 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harrisons Farm Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 21 Sept 2023Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire PR26 6TS
Received 21 Sept 2023Land Adjacent 227 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 21 Sept 2023Newlands Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 21 Sept 202318 Assembly Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NX
Received 21 Sept 20235 Howick Moor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NP
Received 22 Sept 2023Beeston Manor Country Hotel Quaker Brook Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RA
Received 22 Sept 2023Rose Cottage Brownedge Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TB
Received 22 Sept 202365 Western Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1YD
Received 25 Sept 202314C Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 25 Sept 20238 Kestrel Close Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1FP
Received 25 Sept 20234 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 25 Sept 202337 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 25 Sept 2023233 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RJ
Received 26 Sept 2023Beeston Manor Country Hotel Quaker Brook Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RA
Received 26 Sept 202360 Stanley Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JJ
Received 26 Sept 2023Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 27 Sept 2023222A Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JH
Received 27 Sept 2023Car Park Darwen Street Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DH
Received 27 Sept 2023Taylor House Carr Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TH
Received 28 Sept 2023Farington Lodge Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QR
Received 28 Sept 202360 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WD
Received 28 Sept 2023208A Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SH
Received 29 Sept 2023Farington Lodge Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QR
Received 29 Sept 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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