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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.
9,072 approved · 503 refused · 361 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Unit 1 - 2 Moor Hey Business Park Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 11 Oct 2023Hesketh Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 11 Oct 202313 Long Meadow Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NX
Received 11 Oct 202329 Cromwell Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SB
Received 12 Oct 20235 Green Hill Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1EA
Received 12 Oct 20237 Borrowdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AU
Received 12 Oct 2023Telecommunication Mast Snaylams Farm Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 12 Oct 2023Swainsfold Barn Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4EP
Received 13 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To 365 Liverpool Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5JS
Received 13 Oct 2023Land To East Of Royalty Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 13 Oct 2023Bamfords Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 13 Oct 2023Lower Penwortham Industrial Estate Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QP
Received 13 Oct 202310 Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 16 Oct 202341 Moor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ND
Received 16 Oct 2023462 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RY
Received 17 Oct 2023Seven Stars County School Peacock Hall Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1TD
Received 17 Oct 2023383 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EJ
Received 17 Oct 2023O/S 101, 103 and 124 Bristol Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GD
Received 16 Oct 202328 Stanley Road Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4RH
Received 16 Oct 2023Hiltons Farm 2 Jane Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TQ
Received 17 Oct 202338 Barn Hey Drive Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QX
Received 17 Oct 2023Newgate Nurseries 75 Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 17 Oct 20237 Bridge View Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4TG
Received 17 Oct 2023Land East Of Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 17 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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