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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.
9,577 approved · 542 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 School Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TS
Received 11 Jul 2024Farington Chase 394 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 11 Jul 202428 Simmons Avenue Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LX
Received 11 Jul 202448 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 12 Jul 202440B Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DQ
Received 12 Jul 202417 Avocet Court Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7RW
Received 16 Jul 2024Oak Brook House 363A Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 16 Jul 2024Massey Brothers Feeds Limited Mill Lane Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JJ
Received 16 Jul 20245 Drakes Hollow Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JE
Received 17 Jul 2024Farmers Arms Wham Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JS
Received 17 Jul 202422 Hennel Lane Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LD
Received 17 Jul 202411 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 17 Jul 2024188 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TP
Received 17 Jul 202478 Stanley Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JJ
Received 17 Jul 2024Lostock St Gerards Football Club Wateringpool Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 18 Jul 202428 Whitebeam Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SE
Received 18 Jul 2024Fold Farm Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 19 Jul 2024White Mere 3 Abbotsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BD
Received 20 Jul 20241 Moor Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SE
Received 21 Jul 2024335 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AA
Received 22 Jul 2024Walmsley Fold Farm Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XA
Received 23 Jul 2024Unit 6 Centurion Industrial Estate Centurion Way Leyland PR25 4GU
Received 23 Jul 2024BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 23 Jul 202412 Cocker Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SU
Received 23 Jul 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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