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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.
9,047 approved · 502 refused · 359 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Beech Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3SS
Received 27 Sept 202312 Ilway Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NG
Received 2 Oct 2023163 Bent Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 4HS
Received 2 Oct 2023Much Hoole Methodist Church Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TD
Received 2 Oct 20235 The Cedars New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AF
Received 2 Oct 2023128 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 3 Oct 2023Winstanley House Farm Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HR
Received 4 Oct 202335 Bristol Avenue Farington Lancashire PR25 4YR
Received 4 Oct 202357, 73 and 116 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XY
Received 4 Oct 202364 Haig Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 2DD
Received 4 Oct 202322 Monks Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AQ
Received 4 Oct 2023Morningside Cottage Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 5 Oct 202314 Cocker Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SU
Received 5 Oct 202315 Halliwell Crescent Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BL
Received 6 Oct 2023254 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AB
Received 6 Oct 2023Mill Hey Farm Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JA
Received 6 Oct 2023Storage Building Green Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 6 Oct 2023Leyland Golf Club Wigan Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 5UD
Received 6 Oct 20234 Gough Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AQ
Received 9 Oct 2023Heyes Farm Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 9 Oct 2023OS 2 Priory Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XZ
Received 10 Oct 202329 and 116 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XY
Received 10 Oct 2023Puddle Duck Cottage Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TD
Received 10 Oct 2023Marsh End Farm Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JA
Received 11 Oct 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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